Saudis storm hijack jet and free hostages

Saudi forces have stormed the hijacked airliner at Medina airport.

Initial reports indicate all the remaining hostages have been freed.

The hijackers, thought to be Chechens, are understood to have been captured.

The men had forced the aircraft, carrying 174 people, to land in the holy Saudi city of Medina from Turkey. Hours later, 46 hostages were freed or escaped.

The hijackers were said to be armed with knives and claimed to have a bomb.

Reports on the number of hijackers, identified as Chechens, vary from two to four.