RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi police captured two suspected militants, along with several weapons and an explosive vest, in two raids around the capital Riyadh late on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
Sunni Muslim militants sympathetic to the Islamic State group have staged a series of attacks in the conservative Islamic kingdom this year, including suicide bombings in mosques used by Shi'ites and security forces, and shootings of police.
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