Saudi Security Forces Arrest 5 Militants Linked to Abqaiq Attack
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Author: Saudi Arabia In Focus
Released 25 April 2006
Saudi security forces have arrested five militants in connection with the failed February 24 attack on the Abqaiq oil facility, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement April 18.
The arrests were made during a follow-up operation to earlier raids. At the militants’ hiding place in Riyadh, security forces seized items including: 123 bags of explosives weighing more than one and a half tons; three cars and forged license plates; 16 hand guns; 5 machine guns; 3 rifles; assorted ammunition; communications devices; documents; cameras; a computer; and 2 video cameras.
Security forces also seized a number of videotapes. Footage showed militants making explosives using different tools, wiring the two cars that were used in the Abqaiq attack with explosives, and driving the cars to the Abqaiq facility where they carried out their attack.
The investigation remains ongoing, the statement added.
Last week, Interior Minister Prince Nayef confirmed that non-Saudis were involved in the Abqaiq attack.
By permission of the Information Office of The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington DC