Saudi security forces on Monday shot dead a suspected ’jihadist’ in the western province of Taif a day after a policeman was killed in a shootout, the interior ministry said.

Saudi security forces on Monday shot dead a suspected 'jihadist' in the western province of Taif a day after a policeman was killed in a shootout, the interior ministry said.

The gunman was killed after refusing to surrender to security forces hunting him over his suspected involvement in an attempt to infiltrate a police station parking area in the province on Sunday, a ministry statement said.

It identified him as Mohammed al-Maliki, adding that he had threatened in a video message to attack police and had been involved in a previous attack in which a policeman was killed.

It is worth noting that such incidents do not deny the fact that Saudi is the stronghold of the takfiri creeds where terrorists obtain the needed teachings as well as military and political support to carry out their atrocities in various countries, including Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen.