Five border guards martyred in clashes

JEDDAH – Five Saudi border guards were martyred on Monday in clashes with armed gangs seeking to infiltrate into the Kingdom from Yemen, according to the security spokesman at the Ministry of Interior. The spokesman said in a statement, carried by Saudi Press Agency, that the border guard patrols at Al-Thar border post detected at 6 a.m. attempts by hostile armed groups to cross the border on several fronts in Khabash sector in the southern Najran region. The border guards confronted them and exchanged fire with them and, with the support of ground forces, successfully foiled their attempt. Five border guards in the rank of lance corporal were martyred in the ensuring eight hours of clashes. They are Sulaiman Al-Maeedi, Musa Al-Marhabi, Abdullah Shraheeli, Ali Al-Salloum, and Jaber Al-Alawe.