Saudi: Gunmen allowed to escape

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Al Qaeda blamed for attack

Three of four attackers who killed 22 people in the Saudi oil city of Khobar were allowed to escape because they were threatening to kill 242 people being held as human shields, a senior Saudi Interior Ministry official says.

The 25-hour rampage began Saturday at 7:30 a.m. (0430 GMT) when gunmen clad in military-style uniforms went on a shooting spree inside two oil industry office compounds of APICORP (Arab Petroleum Investments Corp.), Saudi officials said.

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