Several Saudi military officers were wounded in an attack on a military base in the western city of Taif after gunmen killed a policeman and seized his weapons before attacking the facility.<\/p>\n
Two attackers exchanged gunfire with security forces at a National Guard facility in Taif, some 70km east of Mecca, after killing a police officer and stealing his weapons and car before entering the site, the Saudi newspaper Sabq reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n
“He [Deputy Sergeant Abdullah Mashary Al Quraishi] was doing his job and managing road traffic on the Army road in the Taif district when he was stabbed by one of the assailants and was severely injured,” a source cited by Sabq said.<\/p>\n
“He died as a result of his wounds.”<\/p>\n
Sabq reported there several soldiers were wounded and one of the attackers sustained injuries and was arrested. The other escaped.<\/p>\n
Videos uploaded on social media showed scenes of panic at the scene while the sound of rapid gunfire could also be heard in the background.<\/p>\n
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) and al-Qaeda have called on their followers in the country to attack military targets in the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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