Saudi authorities have announced that they arrested 13 people suspected of plotting terrorist attacks in the kingdom, Emirati media has reported.
On Sunday, Saudi security forces foiled an attempted attack north of Riyadh, Reuters reported, adding that the suspected attackers were carrying bombs, machine guns and Molotov cocktails. At least four assailants were killed during the operation.
The suspects were apprehended during a preemptive security operation, a spokesperson for the Saudi state security agency said, as cited by the Gulf News newspaper.