8 Linked to Oil Plant Attack Among 40 Held
From Times Wire Reports
Saudi Arabia said it had arrested 40 suspected militants, including eight who were linked to an attack on the world’s largest oil processing plant last month for which Al Qaeda claimed responsibility.
Security forces also seized 100 grenades and dozens of assault rifles in raids in several parts of the kingdom, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.
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