JEDDAH: Suspected Yemeni smugglers shot dead a Saudi soldier near the kingdom’s border with Yemen in the second such attack in less than a week, local media reported yesterday.
The Al Watan daily reported that the clash on Monday between a Saudi patrol and “Yemeni smugglers” in the southwestern province of Jizan also left a Saudi border guard wounded.
The Saudi troops seized 14 guns left behind by the smugglers at the site of the clash, according to the daily.
The official Saudi news agency SPA said that authorities in the kingdom were working “in cooperation with their Yemeni counterparts” to identify those behind the assaults.
It also quoted Jizan border guard spokesman General Abdullah bin Mahfoudh as confirming that the Saudis have resumed construction of a security fence between the two countries to “reduce infiltration and smuggling”.
AFP
