The effects of shock and horror on the face of a resident following the terrorist bombings in Riyadh’s Al-Muhaia neighborhood in 2003.

Forty-seven convicted terrorists were executed on Saturday. Among them was Ali Saeed Abdullah Al-Ribeh who was convicted of attacking policemen in the Eastern Province. The court convicted him of being involved in forming a terrorist group aimed at destabilizing the security of the country; targeting security forces; attacking public and private property; and inciting demonstrations and marches.

Al-Ribeh was accused of possessing a weapon and ammunition without a license; shooting at Al-Awamiya police station along with a group of people; involvement with a group of people in throwing Molotov cocktails at a number of police cars; igniting a fire in one of them; and stealing it.

Also among those who were executed was Adel bin Saad Al-Dhubaiti. He was convicted of being involved in the Riyadh compound bombings which led to the deaths of 20 people. The court said that Al-Dhubaiti participated in the terrorist attack by preparing the explosive-packed Jeep for use in the bombing.

Al-Dhubaiti resisted troops and fired at them during a violent confrontation using automatic weapons, bombs and explosives, resulting in the death of a number of policemen.

Al-Dhubaiti’s crime included the killing of a British journalist on the orders of an Al-Qaeda leader.

The news of the execution of the terrorists brought back memories of those horrible moments.

Talal Al-Mohammad Al-Khereiji, who lived in the bombed Al-Hamra Complex, narrated the terrifying moments he witnessed at that time.

“I was calling my friend when I heard an explosion, and after about 20 seconds, there was a terrifying sound which resulted in total destruction,” he said.

The explosion was about 20 feet from Al-Khereiji’s house, as the terrorists aimed their explosive car at the middle of the residential complex that consisted of 400 housing units inhabited by dozens of Arab, Muslim and Western families.

“I later heard gunshots and grenades, in addition to screams of people fleeing from the terrorists,” he said. “After the attack, I learned that the terrorists divided themselves into two groups — a suicide bomber aimed to destroy the whole complex, followed by another armed group to kill the inhabitants who were still alive.”

Al-Khereiji also narrated the story of the killing of Mohammed bin Abdullah, son of the Riyadh deputy governor, who was practicing sports with a group of his friends. Al-Khereiji wondered how these terrorists could justify their atrocities when they killed innocent people.

The terrorists were walking in the corridors of the compound, killing everyone alive with quick shots, Al-Khereiji continued, saying: “Moments later, a British man called me loudly as there was a family that needed help, and immediately I ran toward him.

On my way, I heard an Arab woman asking for help for her children. I headed toward her and reassured her that the terrorist attack had ended.”

“I ran with the British man toward the house that he referred to, as we found an Arab Muslim woman yelling to save her children from under the debris of stones and timber. We found her husband badly injured by broken glass. I carried him, with the help of the British man, to the ambulance. Then, we headed toward the complex to provide assistance to the injured.”

He said that he saw burned cars and bodies. Later, he went to his American friend, Mohammed Kayali, of Iraqi-Palestinian origin who owned one of the construction companies in Riyadh, and unfortunately found him dead.

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