Saudi security forces have arrested five more suspects in connection with the May 12 Riyadh suicide bombings that left 35 people dead, the interior minister said. "We arrested four people the day before yesterday ... A fifth man was arrested earlier and he could have played a major role" in the attacks, Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz told Al-Riyadh newspaper. The Saudi security authorities were still searching for several other suspects, including 10 members of a cell of 19 uncovered by the kingdom just a few days before the bombings. They include Turky al-Dandani and Ali al-Ghamdi, numbers one and two on the list of the 19 cell members, and who are believed to be the masterminds of the Riyadh attacks. Prince Nayef said reports about the arrest of Ghamdi in Yemen had not been officially confirmed by the authorities in Sanaa. He praised security cooperation with Yemen and said it would improve in the near future. The two Gulf neighbours last week signed a pact to boost security cooperation and tighten measures along the 1,800 kilometer (1,125 mile) border to combat arms smuggling, inflitration and terrorism.
| Hadn't heard al-Ghamdi had been nabbed in Yemen... Yemen Times doesn't have anything on it... |
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