Explosions in Riyadh

- Associated Press

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A suicide attacker tried to drive his bomb-laden car into the Interior Ministry complex, and militants set off another bomb and exchanged fire with police late Wednesday in Riyadh, capital of a kingdom at war with Muslim extremists.

The first explosion at about 8:35 p.m. shattered windows and sent smoke and flames rising into the nighttime sky near the ministry in central Riyadh. Police officials said a suicide car bomber had tried to storm the ministry, but failed and instead exploded his car just outside.

A number of policemen were injured, a ministry official said, without elaborating. The ministry, which is in charge of Saudi security forces, is key to leading the crackdown that Saudi Arabia has led against Islamic militants this year.

Saudi Arabia killed three suspected terrorists just this past week. Couple the killings with the Bin Laden message targeting Saudi Arabia and there is reason to believe the attack today was some sort of paypack and/or carrying out Bin Laden's message.

Cross-posted at In the Bullpen

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