RIYADH: The long arm of the law had finally caught up with a suspect in at least two deadly mosque attacks in the kingdom, the Ministry of Interior said on Sunday.
In a statement carried by SPA, the ministry said Swielem Al-Ruwaili was captured in a raid on Thursday in the northern region of Al-Jouf.
Al-Ruwaili was among the 16 terror suspects made public by the ministry last year following a succession of mosque attacks across the kingdom.
During the raid, a woman who was believed to be living with the suspect, was killed during an exchange of fire between the raiders and the suspect, the SPA report said.
The woman was identified as Banan Essa Hilal, who was absent from her parents for a year and a half, said the MOI.
Weapons, bomb-making materials and extremist propaganda paraphernalia were seized during the raid.
Al-Ruwaili was a suspect in deadly suicide bomb attacks on Al-Mustafa Mosque mosque in the Daloah village in Al-Ahsa and on a Special Emergency Forces (SEF) mosque in Asir region last year.
Four people were killed and several others were wounded in the Al-Mustafa Mosque on Jan. 29, 2015. A suicide bomber blew himself up prematurely when security officers stopped him before he could enter the mosque.
In the Asir attack, 11 officers and trainees of the Special Emergency Forces and four Bangladeshi workers were killed when a man detonated a bomb he was carrying inside a mosque in the SEF camp on August 13, 2015. The blast wounded 33 others.
Al-Ruwaili’s capture comes after security forces killed six terrorists linked to the ghastly murder of Rashidi, a Special Emergency Forces soldier, in a remote area in Qassim last month.
The six terrorists were slain in a gunbattle in Al-Mustajiddah village of El-Ghazala, 100 km south of Hail, on the Hail-Madinah road in the Reealbikr region.
In announcing the successful mission, Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, spokesman of the Ministry of Interior, urged other terror suspects to surrender “before it’s too late.”
“We‘re telling every stray element that you will not find a place of refuge or security in this country and it will not take a long time for our security forces to get you with the help of the citizens,” warned Al-Turki.
The ministry has also warned citizens and expatriates in the kingdom against harboring terror suspects.
It urged those who know where terrorists are hiding to report as soon as possible to hotline 990.
In a statement carried by SPA, the ministry said Swielem Al-Ruwaili was captured in a raid on Thursday in the northern region of Al-Jouf.
Al-Ruwaili was among the 16 terror suspects made public by the ministry last year following a succession of mosque attacks across the kingdom.
During the raid, a woman who was believed to be living with the suspect, was killed during an exchange of fire between the raiders and the suspect, the SPA report said.
The woman was identified as Banan Essa Hilal, who was absent from her parents for a year and a half, said the MOI.
Weapons, bomb-making materials and extremist propaganda paraphernalia were seized during the raid.
Al-Ruwaili was a suspect in deadly suicide bomb attacks on Al-Mustafa Mosque mosque in the Daloah village in Al-Ahsa and on a Special Emergency Forces (SEF) mosque in Asir region last year.
Four people were killed and several others were wounded in the Al-Mustafa Mosque on Jan. 29, 2015. A suicide bomber blew himself up prematurely when security officers stopped him before he could enter the mosque.
In the Asir attack, 11 officers and trainees of the Special Emergency Forces and four Bangladeshi workers were killed when a man detonated a bomb he was carrying inside a mosque in the SEF camp on August 13, 2015. The blast wounded 33 others.
Al-Ruwaili’s capture comes after security forces killed six terrorists linked to the ghastly murder of Rashidi, a Special Emergency Forces soldier, in a remote area in Qassim last month.
The six terrorists were slain in a gunbattle in Al-Mustajiddah village of El-Ghazala, 100 km south of Hail, on the Hail-Madinah road in the Reealbikr region.
In announcing the successful mission, Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, spokesman of the Ministry of Interior, urged other terror suspects to surrender “before it’s too late.”
“We‘re telling every stray element that you will not find a place of refuge or security in this country and it will not take a long time for our security forces to get you with the help of the citizens,” warned Al-Turki.
The ministry has also warned citizens and expatriates in the kingdom against harboring terror suspects.
It urged those who know where terrorists are hiding to report as soon as possible to hotline 990.
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