Riyadh suicide bomb suspect is killed in shootout with police

AN al-Qaida member who was the top suspect wanted in the Riyadh suicide bombings was killed along with three other militants in a shootout with police yesterday, officials said.

Police swooped down early yesterday on Turki Nasser al-Dandani and his associates, who were holed up in a house in the town of Suweir, 560 miles northwest of the capital, an Interior Ministry official said.

After a five-hour standoff, the suspects ran out of ammunition.