Militants fighting to bring down the Saudi government will be spared if they surrender, Saudi Arabia's interior minister said in comments published on Thursday. Prince Nayef made these comments after four militants surrendered as Saudi security forces besieged a building in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah.
"We appreciate all those who respond to the security forces and we will deal with them on that basis, but those who do not respond and put the country in danger will get what they deserve," Prince Nayef was quoted as saying in Ukaz newspaper.
In June, King Abdullah renewed an amnesty he first offered to repentant militants two years ago when he was then crown prince.
Prince Nayef, one of the key Saudi royals, confirmed that two of the men arrested on Monday were among seven people who escaped from a detention centre in Riyadh in June. "(We) will be able to find out if they were involved in other operations," he said.
