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[ 2016-10-31 ] 
Saudis 'foiled plot to bomb football World Cup qualifier'
Saudi Arabia says it has thwarted a plan to bomb
an international football match in the western
city of Jeddah.
Militants had plotted to car-bomb a World Cup 2018
qualifying game between Saudi Arabia and the
United Arab Emirates in October, it says.
The authorities also say they have foiled a second
plot directed by Islamic State (IS) militants to
kill security officials near Riyadh.
Eight suspects have been arrested from two
"terrorist cells", offficials say.
Among them are Saudi nationals, two Pakistanis, a
Syrian and a Sudanese, the Saudi interior ministry
says.
It has also published a list of several more
suspects wanted for their alleged involvement in
planning attacks in the eastern cities of Qatif
and Dammam.
Saudi Arabia has been the target of attacks by IS
over the past two years.
In July, a suicide bomber killed four security
officers and injured five others near one of
Islam's holiest sites, in the city of Medina.
In June, the interior ministry said there had been
26 "terror attacks" in the kingdom during that
month.
Source - Joyfm
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