Saudi Police kill extremist suspected of planning mosque suicide bombing

The man who planned a suicide bombing in July outside the mosque where the Prophet Mohammed is buried was one of the two extremists killed in a shoot-out with police in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia said.

Interior Ministry spokesman Major General Mansour al-Turki said Taie bin Salem bin Yaslam al-Saya'ari was killed on Saturday by police in the capital's northern Yasmeen neighbourhood.