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Saudi arrests 431 members of ISIL

Published: 18 Jul 2015 - 04:36 pm | Last Updated: 12 Jan 2022 - 01:36 am

 

Ministry of Interior Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (headquarter) 

RIYADH: Saudi authorities announced Saturday that they have broken up an organisation linked to the Islamic State group and have so far arrested 431 of its members, mostly Saudis.
Authorities have "managed over the past few weeks to destroy an organisation made of a cluster of cells, which is linked to the terrorist Daesh organisation," the interior ministry said, using the Arabic acronym for IS.

AFP