Saudi Arabia Al Qaeda Leader Killed

World | July 3, 2005, Sunday // 00:00

The head of the Saudi Arabia branch of the terror group Al Qaeda has been killed, AFP reported. The Moroccan Younus Mohamed al-Hayari, who is number one on a new interior ministry list of the 36 most dangerous terrorists, has been killed in a shooting with the Riyadh police. Al-Hayari, who is 36 and has a wife and child, entered Saudi Arabia in 1991 to undertake the Haj pilgrimage. He has reportedly not left the country since then and has gone underground. He was last seen east of the capital, Riyadh.

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