Saudi police killed three al Qaeda members

&to= english.pravda.ru/world/2001/03/19/3044.html ' target=_blank>Saudi security forces killed three senior suspected al Qaeda members among a group of 10 militants slain in raids and shootouts in the past two days, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. Security sources said the raids -- in which police killed seven militants on Wednesday -- were the deadliest strike on the Saudi wing of Osama bin Laden's network, which has been waging a 19-month campaign of violence in the world's top oil exporter. The ministry said the militants included Sultan Bejaad al-Oteibi and Bandar Abdulrahman Dakheel, both on a list of 26 most wanted in the kingdom, tells Reuters. Saudi police hunted for suspects Thursday after insurgents bombed two security headquarters in Riyadh, setting off violence that left nine attackers and one bystander dead in what appeared to be the latest blow by al-Qaida-linked militants against the &to= english.pravda.ru/main/2002/01/31/26122.html ' target=_blank>Saudi royal family. Saudi TV reported that police sealed off streets near the sight of the explosions and sent helicopters to search for the suspects in Wednesday's apparently coordinated strikes on the kingdom's security apparatus. An Interior Ministry statement blamed on a "deviant group" the government's term for al-Qaida for the attacks, which began at about 8:35 p.m. in central &to= english.pravda.ru/war/2003/04/08/45737.html ' target=_blank>Riyadh near the Interior Ministry, which is in charge of Saudi security forces. A police official said two militants detonated a car bomb by remote control in a traffic tunnel near the ministry. Saudi TV reported a bystander, a limousine driver, was killed. The Interior Ministry, in a statement on state television, said five security agents and a few bystanders were injured, none seriously, and reported no deaths, reports ABC News.

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