Death
On September 23, Saudi forces stormed a farmhouse outside Jizan's King Fahd Hospital, leading the militants inside to flee to the neighbouring apartment complex where they had been allowed to live by a married couple who worked as pharmacist and doctor in the hospital. Inside, the militants took doctors and nurses hostages, and carried them to the roof of the building. Authorities used loudspeakers to warn the 3000 residents of the building to remain in their apartments and avoid windows, and began firing tear gas and assaulting the housing compound.
After killing Sergeant Hussein Mifrej Hanthool and "slightly" wounding four other officers, the hostages were released and two gunman surrendered, while the other three militants were killed. While some sources reported that al-Rimi was among those who surrendered, Saudi security forces later clarified that he, Khalid bin Muhammad bin Ali al-Isa al-Shahri and Turki ibn Saeed al-Thaqfan al-Bishri were killed in the 6–18 hour firefight.
His body was identified by his father. In the following days, authorities raided a number of homes al-Rimi had rented in Marbah, seizing weapons and explosives he had stored in the properties.
Two months after his death, he was eulogised in a speech by al-Qaeda as a fallen martyr, in a tape labeled "The Martyrs of the Confrontations in Bilad al-Haramain".
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