SAUDI BORDER GUARD PATROLS AT THE SAUDI YEMENI BORDER EXCHANGED FIRE ON MONDAY MORNING WITH TWO PASSENGERS ON A VEHICLE TRYING TO ILLEGALLY CROSS THE BORDER TOWARDS YEMEN, INJURING THE CAR'S DRIVER AND ARRESTING HIS COMPANION, SAID MAJOR GENERAL MANSOUR BIN SULTAN AL-TURKI, SECURITY SPOKESMAN OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR. IN A STATEMENT TO THE SAUDI PRESS AGENCY, AL-TURKI SAID ALSO TWO SAUDI SECURITY MEN WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED DURING THE EXCHANGE OF FIRE. HE EXPLAINED THAT BORER GUARD PATROLS AT AL-WADEE'A CENTER, AFFILIATED TO SHAROURAH SECTOR, HAVE SPOTTED A CAR DRIVEN BY TWO PASSENGERS ATTEMPTING TO INFILTRATE ACROSS THE SAUDI YEMENI BORDER ON MONDAY MORNING, AND CHASED IT WHEN IT SPEEDILY CROSSED THE BACK LINES OF THE BORDER GUARD PATROLS TOWARDS THE YEMENI TERRITORIES. THE BORDER GUARD PATROLS WERE THEN SUBJECTED TO INTENSIVE FIRE OF MACHINE GUNS FROM THE FUGITIVE CAR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, ADDING THAT THEY FIRED BACK AT IT, CONTROLLING THE SITUATION AND ARRESTING THOSE INSIDE. THE STATEMENT SAID TWO SAUDI SECURITY MEN WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED DURING THE EXCHANGE OF FIRE WHILE THE CAR'S DRIVER WAS SLIGHTLY INJURED. THE CONCERNED AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
