Four Moroccans arrested in Saudi Arabia, Saudi official
Saudi Arabia-Morocco, Local, 6/4/2003

A Saudi official source unveiled the identity of four Moroccans, two men and two women, arrested last week in Medinah, Saudi Arabia, with another group of Saudi citizens for suspicion of involvement in the terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia.

The source told the press two Moroccan nationals, identified as Mohamed Abdelfattah Mohamed Kerram and Taleb Ahmed Karim, were arrested respectively last Tuesday and Wednesday. The men were found in possession of rifles, guns, chemical substances that can be used for the manufacturing explosive devices and money.

Two Moroccan women were also arrested in a car driven by Saudi Abdelmounim Ali Mahfoud Al Ghamidi. One of the two women said she is the spouse of Ali Abderrahmane Al Faqaasi, who is, according to Saudi press reports, the mastermind of the suicide attacks perpetrated last May 12 in Riyadh, killing 34 people, including eight Americans.

The second Moroccan woman is also married to a Saudi citizen, Sultane Ben Jabrane Al Qahtani.

A Syrian woman was also arrested in the possession of money, two guns, ammunitions, fake documents and jewels.

The group of persons who were rounded up used to go to sites where the police had seized quantities of weapons, ammunitions, computers and booby-trapped mobile phone sets.

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