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Car bomb kills driver, injures 2 police in Saudi capital

Xinhua, July 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

A car bomb killed the driver blowing himself up and injured two policemen at a checkpoint in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Thursday, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

The explosion took place on Al Haer road in Riyadh at sunset when the driver blew himself up to avoid the search of the police who tried to stop the car, a spokesman of the Interior Ministry said.

The two injured policemen were sent to hospital and are in stable condition, the spokesperson said, adding that an investigation has been launched.

Saudi Arabia has been fighting terrorism, especially local members of the Islamic State (IS) who has announced responsibility for two suicide blasts targeting Shiite mosques in the Eastern province in May.

As part of a campaign against terrorism and extremism, Saudi courts have sentenced early this month 57 suspects, 95 percent of them Saudis, in terrorism and incitement cases in the last three months. The suspects were charged of joining fighting in Iraq and Syria, sheltering fugitives or providing financial support. Endit