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Saudi security forces shot dead a suspected Al-Qaeda militant and arrested another after one of them opened fire at agents at a checkpoint on Friday, the interior ministry said.One of the two men, who was disguised as a woman, opened fire after their car was stopped at the checkpoint in the central town of Wadi al-Dawasir. We have a strong suspicion it is Al-Qaeda, but we are still trying to identify the dead man and questioning the detained suspect, a spokesman said. Saudi security forces have stepped up their campaign against Al-Qaeda after the Islamic militant groups's Yemeni and Saudi wings merged in 2009 into a regional organisation, which claimed responsibility for the failed bombing of a US-bound passenger plane last Christmas.
