Investigations following the storming of two terrorist hideouts in Riyadh and Dharma 12 days ago, resulted in the discovery and dismantling by security forces of a five-member terror cell, hiding in three sites in Riyadh and one in Dammam, security spokesman disclosed today.
A security spokesman of the ministry of interior said that pursuant to the statement issued on 3/12/1436 AH. regarding the security forces' storming of two hideouts, one located in Al-Monseya district in Riyadh city in which two terrorists: Ahmed Seed Al-Zahrani and Mohammed Saeed Al-Zahrani were arrested, and the other located in Dharma province, where a lab used to manufacture explosive materials, the information collected, the investigations launched into the two cases and the materials seized on the spot, enabled the security forces to unveil a five-member terror cell, taking refuge in three sites in Riyadh and the fourth in Dammam, including the guy who managed to rent Al-Monseya hideout from where he, himself, narrowly escaped before being arrested when he left the place just before the storming operation. He is so-called Fahd bin Falah Sulaiman Al-Harbi. The terror cell was about to carry out an imminent terror act which was in its final stages. According to the information made available, the security forces launched on Sunday 14/12/1436 AH. four simultaneous security operations on the hideouts, resulting in the following:
First site: is a residential apartment in the district of Badr in Dammam, Eastern Region, where the wanted terrorist Abdulaziz bin Zaid Al-Wabeeri Al-Shammari was killed after he dared to start firing at the security men and Muhannad bin Mohammed Homood Al-Otaibi, a Saudi national, and Fahd bin Falah Sulaiman Al-Harbi, a Saudi national, were arrested.
Second site: is a residential apartment in Al-Falah district in Riyadh where the wanted terrorist Oqail bin Omaish Oqail Al-Aqeeli Al-Mitairi, Saudi national, was killed after he dared to start firing at the security men. He was previously repatriated from Iraq and imprisoned for three years.
Third site: is a residential villa in Al-Andalus neighborhood in Riyadh. The blockade of the site by security men, led to the surrender of the wanted Faisal bin Hamid Ahmed Al Hamid Al-Ghamdi, a Saudi national.
Fourth site: is a residential annex in Al-Sulay district in Riyadh city which was used as a place for meetings of the members of the cell. Touring the building from inside, the security men found fortifications for the inner part of the house.
Security authorities are still undertaking wide-spread and intensive operations on other important aspects of the activities of the cell. However, it is not ripe time to disclose what has been revealed in this regard. Anyhow, time will come when further details are disclosed.
