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| 43 killed, 431 held as Saudi crushes Daesh network |
| 2015-07-19 |
| Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday it has broken up a Daesh group-linked network and made 431 arrests, foiling new attacks on Shia mosques and a diplomatic mission. Authorities have "managed over the past few weeks to destroy an organisation, made of a cluster of cells, which is linked to the terrorist Daesh organisation", the interior ministry announced. The alleged members were engaged in a "plot managed from areas of unrest abroad, with the aim of sowing sectarian sedition and spreading chaos", the ministry said. The cells were involved in several attacks and plots, including deadly suicide bombings of Shia mosques in the kingdom's Eastern Province, it said. The ministry said 37 people were killed during the arrests, including security personnel and civilians, and 120 were wounded. Six "terrorists" were also killed in the operations. It said authorities had foiled bomb attacks plotted during the holy month of Ramadan, including on a mosque used by security forces in Riyadh and other Shia mosques in the Eastern Province. The group also plotted to attack a diplomatic mission, the statement said without elaborating. Among the 431 suspects so far rounded up, mostly Saudis, were 144 people accused of supporting the network by "spreading the deviant ideology on the Internet and recruiting new members". The ministry said 97 of those arrested were linked to a cell busted earlier and to a November attack on a Shia mosque in the town of Dalwa that killed seven people, including children. Another 190 suspects were allegedly involved in plots following bomb attacks on Shia mosques in Qatif and Dammam, as well as an attack on Saudi security forces. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 I'm waiting for the news of a mass prison break. I expect there is already a network of SA sympathizers. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-07-19 10:08 |