July 05, 2015 10:08 am | Updated April 07, 2016 05:04 am IST - CAIRO:
Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry said on Saturday that a wanted militant, a supporter of the Islamic State, was killed in an exchange of fire when he refused to surrender to police.
The militant, Youssef al-Ghamdi, was surrounded by police in his home in Taif and an exchange of fire took place when he refused to give himself up, the ministry's official Twitter account said.
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