Saudis hold hijack link suspect

A 21-year-old Saudi man the FBI alleges has links to the September 11 hijackers is being held by security officials, authorities in the kingdom said today.

Saud Abdulaziz Saud al-Rasheed is being questioned, "and if it is proven that he was connected to terrorism, he will be referred to the sharia (Islamic) court", the official Saudi Press Agency quoted an unidentified ministry official as saying.