Riyadh, June 14: Saudi security forces have arrested five more suspects in connection with the May 12 Riyadh suicide bombings that left 35 people dead, the interior minister said in remarks published today. "We arrested four people the day before yesterday ... a fifth man was arrested earlier and he could have played a major role" in the attacks, Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz told Al-Riyadh newspaper.
Prince Nayef announced last week that 25 suspects had been rounded up.
The Saudi security authorities were still searching for several other suspects, including 10 members of a cell of 19 uncovered by the kingdom just a few days before the bombings.
They include Turky al-Dandani and Ali al-Ghamdi, numbers one and two on the list of the 19 cell members, and who are believed to be the masterminds of the Riyadh attacks.
The minister blamed Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terror network for the attacks, saying "we have no doubt about this. Its very clear and all (attacks) came from al-Qaeda."
Prince Nayef said reports about the arrest of Ghamdi in Yemen had not been officially confirmed by the authorities in Sanaa. He praised security cooperation with Yemen and said it would improve in the near future. Bureau Report