Saudi security forces killed two "wanted" men, including one considered al-Qaeda chief of operations on the Arabian Peninsula, in a shootout in Riyadh on Monday, U.S. and Saudi officials said.
A Saudi Interior Ministry statement, cited by news agencies, said the two were killed in the al-Nasseem neighborhood, in eastern Riyadh, in an exchange of fire with security forces on Monday afternoon.
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