Published January 13, 2015
Saudi police arrested a group of men planning to attack holy sites around Mecca during the just completed annual Muslim pilgrimage, the Interior Ministry announced Friday.
"Security forces have foiled a plot to carry out a terror attack on holy sites outside Mecca with the aim of confounding security forces," Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour al-Turki told The Associated Press.
Nearly 3 million pilgrims came to Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj season that wound up Friday with a final visit to Mecca after days of carrying out rituals in the surrounding hills.
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