Saudi forces kill suspected extremist wanted in killing of 2 policemen
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Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says its security forces have killed a suspected extremist wanted in the killing of two police corporals.
The ministry's statement said Mohammed al-Maliki had been hiding out in a mountainous area near the western city of Taif when police surrounded him and killed him in a gunbattle Monday.
A policeman was killed in a shootout with militants in Taif on Sunday. Another policeman was killed in the holy city of Mecca after a police raid there Thursday night. Police say al-Maliki was involved in both shootings.
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Two suspected Islamic State militants were killed in Mecca's raid and another two died by detonating suicide belts.
The extremist group has called for attacks against the Western-allied Saudi monarchy and views the government as heretics.