Saudi Arabia has arrested 431 people who are part of a
"network of cluster cells linked to the terrorist ISIS organization,"
according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency.
"Horrific
terrorist operations were thwarted," SPA said, including a suicide attack on
a mosque that can accommodate 3,000 worshipers, housing for security forces and
an unnamed diplomatic mission.
Thirty-seven
security forces and citizens were killed during the operations, along with six
terrorists, SPA said.
The suspects
were responsible for a May attack
on a mosque in Qudayh, which killed 21 people, and an attack outside a Damman mosque a week later that killed three people,
the news agency said. The suicide bomber disguised himself as a woman in the
Damman attack.
The suspects
planned operations, surveyed attack sites, prepared suicide bombers and manufactured
explosive belts, SPA said. The press agency described the actions of one group,
saying they transported a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt to a mosque
in Qatif and returned later to photograph the scene.
The security
forces also arrested people who were spreading propaganda and recruiting new
people, SPA said.
SPA said the
arrests took place over several weeks.
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