JEDDAH: The Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh on Sunday issued a preliminary death sentence against a citizen who was convicted of shooting at Al-Awamiyah police in order to kill security personnel.
The court confirmed that the judge presiding over the case found the terrorist guilty of the crime, and that he collaborated with others to destabilize the security of the country by shooting at security authorities with a machine gun near Al-Awamiyah police station, with the intent to kill.
The terrorist purchased a Kalashnikov and 20 bullets, and put black flags on a number of light poles in Al-Awamiyah to provoke discord and destabilize security. The court decided to issue the death sentence against him.
Earlier, the Riyadh Specialized Criminal Court issued several verdicts against a number of terrorists who targeted security personnel in Qatif and Al-Awamiyah, and against a number of Arabs who instigated discord and disturbed public order.
The first of these verdicts and its implementation was against Nimr Al-Nimer in 2014; other such sentences followed involving terrorism attacks targeting citizens and security personnel, and security and Western diplomatic headquarters.
Saudi gets death sentence for attempted murder of security personnel
Saudi gets death sentence for attempted murder of security personnel
Saudi Arabia welcomes US designation of Sudan’s Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organization
- Kingdom’s FM lauds decision by Secretary of State Marco Rubio
- Prince Faisal bin Farhan says decision bolsters regional security
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan has welcomed the US government’s decision to designate the Sudan branch of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.
The minister expressed his support for the decision during a phone call with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to a statement issued by the Kingdom’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday.
During the call, Prince Farhan said the Kingdom supports Washington’s measures that strengthen regional stability and security.
Rubio issued a press statement on March 9 announcing that the Department of State was “designating the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist and intends to designate the group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, effective March 16, 2026.”
He also claimed, without providing evidence in the statement, that the “Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood uses unrestrained violence against civilians to undermine efforts to resolve the conflict in Sudan and advance its violent Islamist ideology.
“Its fighters, many receiving training and other support from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), have conducted mass executions of civilians.”
He added that the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood’s Al-Baraa bin Malik Brigade was designated in September 2025 “for its role in Sudan’s brutal war.”
