 Saudi security forces shot a man dead early on Sunday after he failed to stop at a checkpoint in the city of Jeddah, a security source said.
| Golly, and they didn't even surround him first. |
The Red Sea port city, scene of an al Qaeda attack two months ago, is on high security alert as it hosts a three-day economic forum grouping leaders including Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Interior Ministry officials were not immediately available to confirm the incident, which the source said occurred when a Chadian man drove through a roadblock in the centre of Jeddah at 1.20 a.m. (2220 GMT Saturday). He gave no further details and did not say whether the man was wanted in connection with a spate of attacks in Saudi Arabia since May 2003. |