UPDATES WITH FURTHER DETAILS
RIYADH (AA) – Four gunmen were killed and three policemen injured on Sunday in a foiled “terrorist ” attack on a police station north of Saudi capital Riyadh, according to the official SPA news agency.
In a statement issued by SPA, the Saudi authorities said “a terrorist group attacked a police center in a desperate attempt to break into it. ”
The statement said the attackers were confronted and dealt with by security forces, leaving four attackers dead and three policemen injured.
Saudi news channel Al-Arabiya earlier reported that four attackers were killed when security forces had thwarted an attack on the police station in al-Zulfi, 250 kilometers north of Riyadh.
