Saudi guard kills two

Published June 26, 2004

RIYADH, June 25: A member of the Saudi National Guard shot dead two colleagues amid a wave of terror attacks sweeping the country, a report said on Friday, while quoting an officer as saying the incident was "personal".

The incident at the guardsmen's base in Riyadh has "no relation to terrorism; it is a personal issue," the Saudi Gazette quoted the unnamed officer as saying.

"Major Abdul Rahman al-Khateeb and Lieutenant Khaled Saeed al-Joaid were killed when their colleague, Deputy Sergeant Saad Misfer, entered their office with a machinegun and allegedly shot them with 10 bullets," the daily said.-AFP

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