JEDDAH: Saudi security forces have arrested 13 Pakistanis and three Saudis suspected of having links to terrorists who blew themselves up during a weekend firefight with police, authorities said on Tuesday.
The Saudi Interior Ministry also identified the two terrorists who detonated explosive belts during Saturday’s raid in the Red Sea city of Jeddah as Saudis Marzouk Anzi and Khaled al-Sourwani.
Both had taken part in previous terrorist attacks in the kingdom, and Sourwani had links with the militant Islamic State (IS) group, the ministry said. Authorities also seized arms and materials for making explosives from the building where the men blew themselves up, the official Saudi Press Agency said. In late October, Saudi authorities said they had arrested eight militants and dismantled several “terrorist” cells linked to the IS, including one that had planned to attack a major football match in Jeddah. Those arrested included two Pakistanis, a Syrian and a Sudanese citizen.
