Saudi kingdom has arrested over 124 “terrorist suspects”

Saudi Arabia is detaining at least 124 “terrorism suspects”, Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz said on Tuesday. 

Nayef told a meeting of the kingdom's consultative council some of the detainees came from Afghanistan and counted themselves as followers of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terror network, the official Saudi Press Agency said. 

Nayef was speaking about "terrorist events recently carried out in the kingdom”, the agency added. (Albawaba.com)  

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