| Hours after Johnson’s slaying, security forces at a roadblock intercepted al-Muqran and the other militants in their car, sparking a gunbattle that ended with the four being killed, Adel al-Jubeir, foreign affairs adviser to Crown Prince Abdullah, told reporters at the Saudi Embassy in Washington. He said initial reports from Saudi officials that the militants were traced after a witness saw them dumping Johnson’s body were incorrect. Johnson’s body has not been found, he said. "We think we know the area where it is," and security forces are searching in an area north of the capital, al-Jubeir said. |