RIYADH: Saudi police shot dead two suspected militants and two others blew themselves up during a raid near the holy city of Mecca on Thursday, the interior ministry said.

"The terrorists started shooting towards security forces, which they responded to," leading to the deaths of a pair of suspects while the others "committed suicide by blowing themselves up with suicide belts," the ministry's spokesman said in a statement.

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