Saudi security forces have arrested five more suspects in connection with the May 12 Riyadh suicide attacks that left 34 people dead including nine bombers. The arrests, carried out in two raids late on Wednesday and Friday, were made in Medina, where at least 11 other suspects were arrested a few days earlier, Al-Watan daily said. The paper said in the first raid, two men were nabbed at an internet cafe, while in the second two men and a woman were arrested at a private home. Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz said on Wednesday that 11 people, including three women, were arrested in Medina during several raids by the security forces. He said that among those arrested were three hardline clerics, Ali Khudhair al-Khudair, Ahmed bin Hmud al-Khaldi and Nasser bin Hamad al-Fahd, who supported the Riyadh bombings. Saudi opposition abroad reported that Khudair and Khaldi had been killed during the operation, a claim denied by Prince Nayef.
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Reports said that among the 11 caught was the alleged mastermind of the Riyadh attacks, Ali al-Ghamdi. Prince Nayef also said that until Wednesday, 21 people with suspected links to the suicide bombings had been arrested and that four of six dead bombers were identified as members of a cell of 19 uncovered a few days before the attacks. |