(MENAFN- Arab News) JEDDAH: A total of 45 suspects have been detained in the last three days in connection with last month's bombing of two mosques in the Eastern Province and the May 8 terrorist attack on officer Majed Al-Ghamdi.
The Interior Ministry has meanwhile denied reports that one of the arrested men in Riyadh is on the list of 16 wanted suspects. The ministry recently released the pictures of the 16 suspects wanted in the mosque attacks and announced huge rewards for information leading to their arrest.
Terror attacks on two successive Fridays during congregational prayers caused a huge loss of life and drew national and international condemnation. A total of 21 worshippers were killed and more than 100 injured in the attack on Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque in Qatif on May 23. The Al-Anoud Mosque in Dammam was attacked on May 29 claiming four lives and leaving an unspecified number of worshippers injured. Daesh claimed
responsibility for both attacks.
Riyadh police also issued a denial on reports about a security patrol coming under gunfire in the capital. It said that the patrol met with an accident while chasing a suspicious vehicle which was seized shortly afterward. As part of tough security measures across the Kingdom following the terror attacks worshipers were searched and a tight vigil was maintained at mosques last Friday. The tough measures will remain in force.