 Six Saudis and a Yemeni held in Saudi Arabia on security charges have escaped a detention centre in the capital Riyadh. “Seven detainees at Malaz prison in Riyadh, held in connection with security cases, were able to leave the detention centre,” SPA quoted an Interior Ministry statement as saying. It did not say when or how they had escaped. “They were in Malaz prison and under investigation. Somehow they left the prison, they ran away,” an Interior Ministry spokesman told Reuters.
| "We dunno how they got out. We looked around us and — thffft! — they wuz gone!" |
He said the men were not on any lists of suspected militants wanted by authorities and had not taken part in militant attacks or clashes with police. A government security adviser said the men had no proven links to Al Qaeda militants, who are normally held at a high security prison outside Riyadh. “Since they violated regulations, their cases will be withdrawn from the investigating committee and public prosecution and their trial procedures will be halted,” the Interior Ministry statement said. “If they do not return to the detention centre, they will not be eligible for the amnesty granted by the king and will become wanted by security forces,” it added.
| He'll have to issue another amnesty to cover them... |
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