Saudi security forces have arrested four suspected militants in operations in Riyadh and a village outside the capital, an Interior Ministry spokesman said today.

THE Saudi government yesterday said it foiled “an imminent terrorist” attack with an overnight raid on a bomb-filled, booby-trapped apartment in the holy city of Mecca that left five suspects and two security agents dead.

Saudi troops and security agents fought a gun battle with terror suspects in the holy city of Mecca during which at least 10 people were killed, reports said today.

SAUDI ARABIA yesterday said it had arrested an alleged mastermind of the deadly suicide bombings in Riyadh along with four other suspects, as newspapers said all five were believed to be members of al-Qaida.

Saudi Arabia will not allow foreign security personnel to interrogate 13 detained al Qaida suspects, a Saudi official has said.