Saudi Arabia: Multiple arrests

The interior ministry said on 7 May that it had uncovered a terrorist organisation with links to extremists in Yemen and Syria, and arrested 62 people – a Palestinian, a Yemeni, a Pakistani, and the rest Saudi. The ministry said it had raided a laboratory making electronic devices used for bombing. It said the organisation was involved in smuggling weapons and people – including known terrorists Arwa Baghdadi and Rima Al-Jarish ­– across the southern border.