Four People Killed in 'Defeated' Attack on Saudi Police Station

Four people died in a failed attack on a police station in Saudi Arabia’s central Riyadh province, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television said on Sunday, citing its sources.

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The four casualties had helped attack the police station in Zulfi, a small city around 250 km (155 miles) northwest of the capital Riyadh, Al Arabiya said.

According to the press agency Reuters, online videos showed a car at a checkpoint with its doors open and two bloody corpses splayed on the ground nearby. Gunshots could be heard. Videos have not been verified by Reuters.

​Arabiya said the attackers had been carrying machine guns, bombs, and Molotov cocktails.

In recent years Saudi Arabia has seen a wave of attacks as armed groups frequently target security installations after authorities crushed an uprising of members of Al-Qaeda a decade ago.

According to Al-Jazeera, last year, a member of the security forces and a Bangladeshi citizen were killed in an assault on a security checkpoint in the city of Buraidah, and a policeman was killed in a separate attack in nearby Taif.

The Saudi Interior Ministry has yet to issue a statement on the Zulfi attack.