Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi Interior Minister, affirmed that security forces are able to "exterminate the deviated groups," which carried out the latest attacks in the Kingdom.
Prince Naif made these remarks upon his arrival Monday night in Kuwait to take part in the consultation meeting of the GCC Interior ministers. "Moreover, these vicious goals of this deviated group are already exposed to every one, namely killings of the innocents, engaging into acts of vandalism and causing human and material damages. The most unfortunate thing is that this deviated group is using sons of this country as their tools," he noted in remarks cited by SPA on Tuesday.
Earlier, Saudi authorities have identified the four attackers in Saturday's incident at the Yanbu oil facility.
An Interior Ministry statement Monday night, carried out by the state-run news agency said the attackers are members of the Al-Anssari clan - brothers Sameer Suleiman and Sami Suleiman and two of their maternal uncles - Ayman Abdulqader and Mustafa Abdulqader.
It added they are linked to a "suspicious committee" headed by Saudi London-based dissidents Saad Al-Faqih and Mohammed Al-Masaari. Three of them work at the Yanbu industrial area.
The statement said that Mustafa Abdulqader, who is wanted by Saudi authorities, was the mastermind of the attack and had commanded the group after entering the country illegally. The attack resulted in the death of the four attackers, a Saudi securityman, two Americans, two Britons and an Australian. (Albawaba.com)
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