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| Saudis Charge 991 With Terrorism |
| 2008-10-22 |
| Saudi authorities have indicted 991 people on charges of participating in terrorist attacks carried out over the past five years, the interior minister said Tuesday. The proceedings represent a significant step in the Saudi fight against terrorism, officials said. The authorities said they had been reluctant to hold trials on terrorism charges that could result in death sentences until they had shown the public that every effort had been made to give the suspects a chance to repent. “In the past few years, the kingdom has been the target of an organized terrorist campaign linked to networks of strife and sedition overseas,” the interior minister, Prince Nayef, said in a statement carried by The Saudi Press Agency. He said that terrorists had been responsible for more than 30 attacks in Saudi Arabia since May 2003. Those attacks killed 164 people, including 74 security officials, and wounded 657. An additional 160 attacks were foiled, he said. His statement did not specify whether all of those indicted had been arrested or when the indictments were returned. |
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