Saudi policeman killed in shootout with militants
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Saudi Arabia says a policeman was killed in a shootout with militants in the western city of Taif.
Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki says in a statement Sunday that two militants tried to sneak into the car park of a police station late the night before.
Police exchanged fire with the two gunmen, who fled by car to a mountainous area. The police were combing the area on Sunday.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Last week, the ministry said police killed two suspected militants in the holy city of Mecca and that two others blew themselves up with suicide belts.