RIYADH — Saudi Arabia said on Monday it had arrested a suspect for attempting to firebomb a government building in Qatif.
The Ministry of Interior said the suspect had been arrested for "attempting to set fire to a government building in Qatif using Molotov cocktails" on Jan. 9.
Others were also involved, the ministry said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.
It added that the suspect, who was not named, also confessed to shooting at security officers and torching a bus in the country's east on Jan. 5.
Police earlier reported the burning of a bus in Qatif but said there were no injuries.
