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9 American ‘Terror’ suspects have been arrested by the Saudi police,  in the country. The police authorities have arrested four Americans, during last Monday, while five others were arrested over the last four days.

Washington declined its involvement and said that, it was aware about the case. Washington is a strong ally of the Riyadh.

The officials of the US State Department, said that, "we are aware of reports alleging that several US citizens were detained in Saudi Arabia.” "The State Department  takes its obligation to assist US citizens abroad seriously. Due to privacy considerations, we have no further comment," They added.

According to the Saudi Gazette, 14 Saudis were  included in the arrest, in which, three  are Yemenis, two are Syrians and a national from, Indonesia, Filipino, Emirati, Palestin and Kazakhstan.

Earlier, four people were killed and left  several injured, when a suicide bomber attacked on a Shiite mosque in the Eastern Province area. The attack was not claimed by the ISIS, a radical Sunni group, which considers Shiites heretics.

Nandini