RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Saudi officials Wednesday announced the arrest of 44 suspects allegedly linked to al-Qaida.
A spokesman for the Interior Ministry did not provide any details of the arrests or whether a specific terrorist plot had been broken up, CNN reported.
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Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki told the network the suspects were part of a "network that was trying to build up al-Qaida in the kingdom this past year."
The roundup came a few weeks after Amnesty International issued a report critical of the Saudi government's anti-terrorism efforts. The report said as many as 3,000 suspects had been detained since 2003 without charges or access to legal counsel.
