RIYDAH, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- The al-Qaida Organization in the Saudi Peninsula says it is responsible for the attempted assassination of Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Nayef.
The BBC said Sunday that al-Qaida identified the assailant in last week's attack on the Saudi Arabian security chief as wanted militant Abdullah al-Asiri.
The recent suicide bombing attack on bin Nayef in his office resulted in the Saudi royal being slightly injured.
The attempted assassination also marked the first time a Saudi royal was targeted by an attack since al-Qaida intensified its bombing campaign in 2003, the BBC said.
The al-Qaida group said in an online statement that al-Asiri was flown on the prince's airplane from Yemen to the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah to meet with bin Nayef.
The militant organization claimed al-Asiri had informed Saudi officials he wished to surrender personally to bin Nayef as part of Saudi Arabia's policy of granting rehabilitation to wanted militants.
