RIYADH, April 3: Saudi security forces killed three suspected militants holed up in a house in northern Saudi Arabia on Sunday, state television said.

Al-Ikhbariyah TV quoted governor Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdul-Aziz as saying another two wanted men were wounded in fighting around the house in al-Ras. He described the gunmen as “terrorists”, but did not say which organization they belonged to.—Reuters