Daesh claims killing of retired Saudi officer

Riyadh - Police did not identify the victim or give further details of his former security duties.

A retired security officer in southern Saudi Arabia has been shot dead in an attack claimed Monday by the Daesh group.
Police spokesman Colonel Mohammed Al Harbi said that a man in the Abu Arish area of Jazan region, bordering Yemen, reported at about 2:30 am (1130 GMT Sunday) that his father "was being shot at from an unknown source at his farm".
Police did not identify the victim or give further details of his former security duties.
They said a "criminal investigation" was under way into the killing. Usually the Saudi authorities describe Daesh-related attacks as "terrorism".
Daesh said in a statement that it had shot dead retired Brigadier Ahmed Fayie Assiri "at his farm in Abu Arish area of Jazan."
 
 
 

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