RIYADH, 6 January 2004 — Security forces were yesterday patrolling a residential suburb of the capital where police defused a grenade on Sunday, security sources said. The bomb was placed in a shop selling mobile phones in the Sultana district near the Suwaidi neighborhood where police previously clashed with militants.
Al-Arabiya TV said police foiled a bomb attack on an electricity distribution unit in the area.
Al-Riyadh Arabic daily, quoting witnesses, said police had found the grenade inside the power supply box of a building.
