Saudi authorities arrested eight people believed to have been involved in shootouts with police last week. The gunfights Monday and Tuesday left five policemen dead and five wounded. One militant was arrested at the time. SPA on Sunday quoted an Interior Ministry official as saying investigations "resulted in disclosing their (militants') dens, forcing them out of their caves, and so they fled leaving their belongings, including their killing and destruction devices." The official said eight men were arrested in connection with the shootouts. He declined to provide additional details. The official said three vehicles police seized were booby-trapped SUVS, loaded with more than four tons of explosives. The official said that police also seized women's clothing apparently intended for sexual adventures disguises, weapons, ammunition, bombs, Molotov cocktails, computers and cash. |