Riyadh: Saudi security forces on Tuesday arrested a second suspect in the fatal shooting of two policemen blamed on Daesh, the interior ministry said.
Officers detained Nawaf Bin Sharif Samir Al Anzi near the capital Riyadh after he opened fire on them, sparking an exchange of shots in which he was wounded, the ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.
Authorities had offered a one-million-riyal (Dh980,731) reward for the arrest of Al Anzi, who was wanted in connection with several other cases as well.
The interior ministry said security forces began a search after receiving a phone call which led them to his location.
On Friday authorities announced the arrest of Yazid Bin Mohammad Abdul Rahman Abu Niyan, 23, who allegedly confessed that he was following orders received from Daesh, the terrorist group that has seized large parts of Syria and Iraq.
The two policemen were killed in an April 8 drive-by shooting in an eastern district of Riyadh.
The ministry said that Abu Niyan allegedly carried out the shooting while his partner, Al Anzi, drove the car and filmed the attack.
Authorities said they seized three bomb-laden cars during investigations into the killings.
The shooting was the fifth attack on security forces and foreigners in Saudi Arabia orchestrated by Daesh, according to interior ministry spokesman General Mansour Al Turki.
Saudi Arabia in September joined the US-led coalition carrying out air strikes against Daesh in Syria and Iraq.
