Saudi authorities announced on Tuesday they had detained suspects over last week's killing of four Frenchmen near the holy city of Medina but are still hunting two others linked to the case.
"Strong evidence led to the arrest of some suspects" in the shooting of the four French nationals on February 26, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by official media. The ministry said it had given two other Saudi men until 8:00 am (0500 GMT) on Wednesday to turn themselves in for questioning about the killings.
"Evidence shows the two are linked to the crime," ministry spokesman Mansur al-Turki told AFP.
The slain men were among a group of nine members of three French families returning to their homes in Riyadh after visiting an historic site in northwestern Saudi Arabia.
"The interest of the investigation requires each of Abdullah Sayer Moawad al-Mohammadi, a Saudi national, and his relative Nasser bin Latif al-Belwi, a Saudi national, to turn themselves in to the closest security outpost to clarify the truth of their position urgently," the ministry statement said.
