Man involved in killing four Saudi security guards identified
Shihri lived with his parents and 11 siblings about an hour away from the checkpoint that he attacked. (Supplied)
The Saudi ministry of interior said on Thursday that an armed man was killed and two others arrested after four security personnel were killed, and four others wounded in Asir.
The security spokesman of the Saudi Interior Ministry said that at 12:40 am on Thursday night, a security checkpoint was attacked on the Arqoub road between Majarada and Bareq, in the area of Asir.
One of the three men involved in a shooting at a security checkpoint in the Asir region was identified as Bandar al-Shihri, 34, who worked in the region’s civil defense department and, according to his family, leads an unstable life.
Shihri lived with his parents and 11 siblings in the Tanuma governorate which is about an hour away from the checkpoint that he attacked that was on the Arqoub road between Majarada and Bareq.
Three of the four security personnel who were killed in the attack.
One of Shihri’s cousins who preferred to remain anonymous told Al Arabiya that he suffered from a horrific accident following a drifting accident with his car. He remained in hospital for two months.
The cousin added that Shihri would disappear for days at a time without informing any of his family member of his whereabouts.
Bandar al-Shihri.