Authorities in Saudi Arabia have announced the arrest of a number of Islamic militants who are terror suspects.
They were captured during raids in the capital Riyadh, the Red Sea port of Jeddah and four other locations.
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The number of arrests was not revealed.
Security forces also seized big caches of arms and munitions in Riyadh and Jeddah, including plastic explosives, bombs, machine-guns and bomb-belts used by suicide bombers. The raids are the latest action in a crackdown by the Saudi Government following suicide bombings in Riyadh in May that killed 35 people. |