[wvns] Saudi Prince injured in assassination attempt

Saudi Prince injured in assassination attempt
Fri, 28 Aug 2009
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=104667§ionid=351020205

Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister for Security Affairs Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdul Aziz (C)

Saudi Deputy Interior Minister, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, has escaped a suicide bomb attack in his office in the Red Sea port of Jeddah.

According to the official news agency SPA, the top Saudi security official who is responsible for the kingdom's anti-terror fight survived the attack on Thursday evening while meeting well-wishers for the Moslem fasting month of Ramadan.

The agency further added that the prince suffered only superficial injuries after the suicide bomber got close to him and detonated his explosives hidden inside his mobile phone.

Prince Nayef was later shown on Saudi television meeting with the Saudi monarch, King Abdullah after he was treated at a hospital for minor injuries.

"This will only increase our determination to eradicate this (militancy)," said the Prince, who is the son of Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz.

The suicide bomber was the only casualty of the incident.

The attack was the first known assassination attempt against a senior member of the royal family since 1975, when King Faisal was shot dead at point-blank range by a nephew, Prince Faisal bin Musaed. The prince was beheaded in a public square in Riyadh three months later.

HRF/DT

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