Saudi security forces on Wednesday neutralized a man who was wearing what looked like an explosive vest in the city of Al-Bukayriyah and wounded him in an exchange of gunfire, an Interior Ministry spokesman said, according to Reuters.

The suspect reportedly "adopted Islamic State ideology", according to the spokesman. He further said that authorities managed to locate the assailant and cornered him. He was wounded in an exchange of gunfire with security forces and taken to hospital.


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