Saudi Arabia security forces have arrested a Syrian expatriate and a
Filipino woman suspected of involvement in terrorist activities, the
Ministry of Interior said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press
Agency (SPA) on Saturday.
A ministry spokesman was quoted as saying Syrian national Yasser
Mohammed Shafiq Al-Barazi and the unnamed Filipino woman were not only
living together illegally at a residential house in Al-Fayha'a district
in Riyadh, but were also making explosive materials and belts that were
about to be used later in criminal operations.
The woman was helping Al-Barazi in sewing and preparing the explosive
belts, the report said.
“The house as a whole was booby trapped by the perpetrator with severe
explosive materials, indifferent to the lives of innocent residents and
visitors to the neighborhood,” it said.
Al-Barazi was also found to have rented another apartment in Al-Jazirah
district as a shelter for persons wanted by security authorities.
