Another Top Terrorist Bites the Dust

Scratch some more bad guys, this time at the hands of the Saudis.

Another top terrorist was killed yesterday morning after security forces raided his hide-out in the south of the capital.

Abdul Rahman Al-Yaziji, terror suspect No. 15 on the list of 26 most wanted in Saudi Arabia, was shot dead in the Southern Industrial Area of Riyadh.

A source told Arab News that security forces had received information about the terrorist’s whereabouts from terror suspects who were apprehended in Al-Rass two days ago.

The source added that security officers surrounded an old building in which he was hiding at about 9 a.m. yesterday morning and blocked off all roads leading to the area.

Officers then raided the building and a gunbattle between the terror suspect and police ensued.

After a three-hour exchange of fire, the suspect tried to flee the building on foot in a desperate bid to escape. He was shot dead after he refused to give in and continued to fire at police officers, the source added.

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The battle was the latest in ongoing clashes between suspected Al-Qaeda terrorists and security forces.

An intense 60-hour clash in the northern town of Al-Rass in the Qasim region, which broke out when security forces attempted to encircle a militant hide-out, ended late Tuesday with the deaths of 14 gunmen.

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Meanwhile, a source told Arab News’ sister publication Asharq Al-Awsat that many of the terrorists who surrendered in Al-Rass two days ago told police that they did not know which city they were in because they were smuggled into the city disguised in black abayas.

The incident is not the first where terrorists have abused the Saudi female traditional dress to escape being searched at checkpoints and travel freely between cities in the Kingdom.

Last year in a raid that took place in Al-Jazirah district in Riyadh, some terrorists fled the scene in black abayas. And a large number of abayas were found in raids on terror cells in Makkah, Madinah, Taif and Qasim.

Yesterday’s killing put the number of terror suspects killed by security officers in the Kingdom in the past three days in a row to 15. They included Abdul Kareem Al-Majati and Saud Al-Otaibi, two most wanted terrorists.

With Al-Yaziji’s killing, the number of terrorists still on the run from the list of 26 is now down to three — Saleh Al-Aufi, the alleged Al-Qaeda commander in Saudi Arabia’s Talib Al-Talib, and Abdullah Al-Rashoud.

Imported cross-dressing terrorists — not that there’s anything wrong with that, except for the terrorist part.