Saudi police: Wanted al-Qaeda member surrenders
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia says an al-Qaeda member on the kingdom’s most-wanted list has turned himself in after calling his family from abroad. Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki said in a statement Wednesday that the suspect told his relatives of his wish to
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia says an al-Qaeda member on the kingdom’s most-wanted list has turned himself in after calling his family from abroad.
Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki said in a statement Wednesday that the suspect told his relatives of his wish to come home.
Authorities subsequently arranged Abdel-Salam Rashed al-Farraj’s return to Saudi Arabia. He was on the kingdom’s 47-most-wanted list and is described as a very dangerous militant, well-trained in weapons.
Al-Turki didn’t say when al-Farraj returned but said he has been reunited with his family.
Al-Farraj’s whereabouts outside Saudi Arabia were not disclosed. Many al-Qaeda militants fled to neighboring Yemen after a crackdown in the kingdom.