Ibrahim Alawi

Okaz/Saudi Gazette

 

JEDDAH – The Special Criminal Court in Jeddah on Monday sentenced to death three terrorists and awarded 14-year jail term to a fourth one. The convicts belonged to a terrorist cell that planned to carry out attacks on banks in Jeddah.



The charges against the convicts included joining Al-Qaeda, setting up of a terrorist cell with plans to carry out attacks on local banks and then travel to Afghanistan to take part in fighting in defiance of the rulers, and taking part in training camps of Al-Qaeda.



They were also accused of involvement in recruiting militants to carry out terror attacks in Jeddah and plan to rob a bank in the city to raise money for terror acts.



The charges also included robbing of a limousine at gun point to use it for a bank robbery but the attempt was failed due to engine failure at the last minute. The convicts had also planned to blow up some banks in the city in addition to their plans to carry out terror attacks in Lebanon and Yemen.