Qaeda Saudi frontman shot dead

Saudi Arabia’s most wanted man, suspected Al Qaeda frontman Yunis Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Hayari, was killed in a shootout with security forces in the capital, hours after a visit by British PM Tony Blair.

The Moroccan-born Hayari was killed “during a clash after security forces came under fire when they raided a suspected militants’ hideout in eastern Riyadh,” the interior ministry said.

Six policemen were lightly wounded, said a ministry statement read out on state television. —AFP/PTI