The court in Riyadh handed the sentences to a group of accused of terrorism
The court in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, sentenced a group of 24 accused of involvement in terrorist activities, including a US citizen. The defendant was charged with the creation of a terrorist cell, planning attacks on oil facilities and attacks against foreigners. According to local media, the terms of imprisonment provide from two to 27 years in prison. The American, whose name is not called, received 17 years in prison, six of them for crimes in the field of high technology.