Bombing: Saudi arrests four al-Qaida suspects

Saudi Arabia has arrested four suspected members of an al-Qaida cell believed to have carried out last week’s deadly attacks in Riyadh and said the bodies of five attackers had been identified.

Bombing: Saudi arrests four al-Qaida suspects

Saudi Arabia has arrested four suspected members of an al-Qaida cell believed to have carried out last week’s deadly attacks in Riyadh and said the bodies of five attackers had been identified.

No names were released, but the Interior Ministry said the arrested men, and three of the dead suicide bombers, were among 19 suspected al-Qaida members who escaped arrest on May 6 when their hide-out was raided by security forces.

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