Saudi Arabia arrests terrorists

Riyadh, 24 March-(ANA)- More than 100 people accused of planning attacks against police and oil installations have been arrested in Saudi Arabia, an Interior Ministry spokesman has said.

Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki said 101 people preparing attacks on police officers and 12 members of suicide cells plotting strikes on oil installations were seized over five months.

The group of 101 included 47 Saudis, 51 Yemenis, one Somali, one Bangladeshi and one Eritrean.

Twelve others are linked to al Qaeda in Yemen, the spokesman said. (ANA)

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