A specialized criminal court has sentenced a Saudi man to three years and SR3,000 fine for not informing security authorities about his son’s whereabouts who later joined a militant group that opened fire against border guards in Wadeea, killing a two police officers.

The man had earlier given a written undertaking to authorities that he would take care of his son and prevent him from joining militants.

Police recovered prohibited material from the son’s computer. He was also accused of possessing unlicensed weapons.

The public prosecutor claimed that the militant joined the attack on border guards as a result of his father’s negligence in taking care of his son. The man was also accused of possessing a Belgian gun and Kalashnikov machine gun, 227 pieces of live ammunition.

The court issued its preliminary verdict to imprison the man for three years from the date of his detention, six months of which for committing cybercrime. The man’s son attacked the border guards in Sharourah, Najran, on Nov. 5, 2012.

As a result of the attack, soldiers Fahd bin Hussein Al-Hamandi and Mohammed bin Hassan Munie were martyred.

Security officers later arrested 11 militants — 10 Saudis and a Yemeni — who were trying to escape to Yemen. Four of them had sustained grave injuries in a gunbattle with security forces.