JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS
Published — Wednesday 25 June 2014
Three people have been sentenced to death by a special court in Jeddah after being found guilty of joining Al-Qaeda’s intelligence unit and plotting to target Saudi banks.
One defendant was sentenced to 14 years in prison after being convicted of providing another defendant with a sketch of several locations around the US Embassy in Jeddah and mixing with Westerners and Americans with the eventual aim of abducting them.
He was also accused of receiving espionage training from the other defendant, harboring the cell leader and adopting a deviant ideology.