Saudi soldier killed by shell in Najran

A sergeant from the Saudi Arabian Land Forces was killed at dawn yesterday after being hit by a shell during the performance of his duty in the defence of religion and the protection of the homeland's borders from the aggressor-rebels, on the southern border of Najran, the Joint Forces Command said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency, SPA, today.

The Joint Forces Command prayed to Allah Almighty to bestow mercy upon the martyr's soul.