Police in Saudi Arabian raid a suspected terrorist’s house in Riyadh as part of a major security operation. <br /><br />The government claims to have uncovered an al Qaeda militant group with links to “ extremist elements” in the region. <br /><br />The suspects are thought to have been planning attacks in the Kingdom. <br /><br />Interior MInistry spokesperson General Major Mansour al-Turki declared the operation a success:<br /><br />“The results of an investigation and security follow up has shown how widespread this network is and the existing links with radical elements in Syria and Yemen. Sixty-two suspects have been arrested for their connection to the revealed terrorist organisation – one Palestinian, one Yemeni, one Pakistani and the rest are all Saudis.”<br /><br />Put on show was a haul of computers, money and weapons police claim to have found at several targeted locations.<br /><br />Saudi Arabia is increasingly concerned that Syria’s civil war is radicalising more of its own citizens. <br /><br />However International groups say a new “anti-terrorism” law is allowing for the detaining and jailing of people as militants for criticising the country’s ruling family.
