The Saudi Arabian government and U.S. intelligence officials said today that the Middle East nation has arrested nearly 100 alleged terror plotters who planned a series of attacks, including one aimed at the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh.
In an announcement carried by the Saudi Press Agency today, Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki said authorities uncovered the plot by a militant cell involving at least two Syrian citizens and a Saudi citizen to attack the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh in mid-March.
The Saudi national, who had a criminal record according to the Interior Ministry, was arrested April 18 when authorities searched his car and found pipes, batteries, mobile chargers and a few electric wires, officials said.
The state-run Saudi Press Agency reported at least one of the Syrians and the Saudi citizen were part of a group of 93 people arrested for ties to the Islamic State group, including 65 Saudi citizens involved in planning attacks on residential compounds, prisons and security forces.
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