Wanted Saudi militant turns himself in to authorities

ONE of the most-wanted militants in Saudi Arabia has turned himself in to authorities, a security official said yesterday.

Othman Hadi Al Maqboul al-Amri, 21st on the list of 26 issued by the Interior Ministry in December, surrendered in the area of Halba bani Amr, 744 miles south-west of the capital Riyadh. Al-Amri was later taken to the Red Sea port city of Jiddah for investigations, the official said.

Al-Amri, a 37-year-old Saudi, is the second person to turn himself in since King Fahd promised to spare the lives of militants who came clean.