A Saudi policeman was killed on Friday in an exchange of gunfire during a raid to arrest a wanted person in the western Saudi city of Taif,The Daily Mail reported quoting a Saudi security spokesman.

Three suspects had been detained and flags of the militant Daesh group seized, along with gun silencers and computers.

Saudi Arabia last month announced a list of 16 people it said were involved in two deadly mosque bombings claimed by Daesh in May and offered a cash reward of 5 million riyals ($1.3 million) for information leading to their arrest.

Security men had come under fire on Friday while investigating a house in Taif where the suspect was believed to be hiding and responded to the fire in kind.