Saudi Arabia says it breaks up 2 militant plots
Saudi Arabia said Sunday it broke up two militant plots in recent weeks, one with ISIS militants trying to kill police officers and the second involving parking a car bomb at a soccer match with the United Arab Emirates.
The two disrupted plots announced by the Interior Ministry come as the Sunni-ruled kingdom grapples with a local Islamic State affiliate, as well as unrest in its predominantly Shiite east.
The first plot aimed to kill police officers by a group in Saudi Arabia's central Shaqraa province, the country's Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the state-run Saudi Press Agency. It said four Saudis who received instructions from an ISIS leader in Syria were arrested before they could carry out the plan.
