Man ‘planning attack under ISIS direction’ executed in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia today announced that a man had been executed in Riyadh for planning to target public civilian gatherings through a suicide mission under the direction of ISIS, reports Al Arabiya.
The Kingdom's Ministry of Interior said the man had an explosive belt and photographs of the target with him.
He had also sworn allegiance to ISIS and adopted their ideas, the ministry added, Al Arabiya reported.
In October, Saudi Arabia executed a citizen in the Eastern Province with links to a terrorist cell.
He had killed security men and a citizen, and was in possession of materials for making a Molotov cocktail bomb, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
The terrorist cell aimed to destabilise the country's internal security, according to SPA.
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