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*The prince suffered minor injuries in the
*failed suicide attack
Saudi Arabia’s assistant interior minister has survived an assassination attempt in the Red Sea port of Jeddah, the country’s state news agency reports.
Prince Muhammed bin Nayef was meeting with well-wishers for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on Thursday evening when a man blew himself up with explosives, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said on Friday.
The bomber was a wanted man who had previously expressed his intention to give himself up to authorities, SPA said.
SPA said the suicide bomber was the only casualty in the attack, though it did not identify him.
Saudi-owned television later showed the prince, apparently suffering from minor injuries, meeting King Abdullah to explain what happened.
“This will only increase our determination to eradicate this (militancy),” Prince Muhammed said.
Anti-terror campaign
The prince, a top security official involved in the kingdom’s aggressive anti-terrorism campaign, has been largely credited with the government’s recent success in halting the violence.
The attack is the first known assassination attempt against a member of the royal family since the government began its crackdown on al-Qaeda-linked groups eight years ago.
Earlier this month, the government announced it had arrested 44 people suspected to links to al-Qaeda.
Authorities also seized large amounts of weapons and explosives during the raid on 43 Saudis and one foreign national, the Saudi interior ministry said.
Source: Aljazeera