Car bomb terror attack foiled

Saudi security forces today foiled a terrorist plan to detonate a car bomb in the capital, Riyadh, killing two suspected terrorists.

An Interior Ministry statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency said security men clashed with the suspected terrorists, killing two of them and seizing a car laden with explosives.

It said the authorities are still investigating the identities of the two terrorists and other possible accomplices. A detailed statement would be released later, it added.

Saudi Arabia has been stung by major attacks during the past seven months. Seventeen people were killed in a suicide bombing at a housing compound in the capital on Nov 8, and in May, suicide bombings at three housing compounds in Riyadh left 35 dead, including nine suicide bombers.

Interior Minister Prince Nayef said earlier this month that al-Qaida terrorist group was suspected of involvement in the attacks.