Militants planned terror attack on Muslim pilgrims

Saudi Arabian police have arrested 28 men for allegedly planning to attack holy sites around Mecca and Medina during the recently finished Muslim hajj pilgrimage, the kingdom’s Interior Ministry said today.

Militants planned terror attack on Muslim pilgrims
Sun, 23 Dec, 2007 - 12:50

Saudi Arabian police have arrested 28 men for allegedly planning to attack holy sites around Mecca and Medina during the recently finished Muslim hajj pilgrimage, the kingdom’s Interior Ministry said today.

The ministry said 27 of the men were Saudi nationals and one was a foreign resident.

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