Members of a terror cell arrested by Bahraini authorities have confessed to planning to assassinate officials and blow up the King Fahd Causeway, the Saudi embassy, Ministry of Interior and a number of vital facilities. Colonel Tariq Al-Hasan, spokesman for the Bahraini Ministry of Interior, said four of the members were arrested in Qatar. They said they left Bahrain and passed through Saudi Arabia illegally on their way to Qatar, then Syria and Iran. Their aim was to form a cell to carry out their terror operations. The four suspects confessed to their relationship with a fifth suspect who was arrested in Bahrain. They were all referred to the General Prosecution in Al-Manama. A spokesman from the Bahraini interior ministry said the suspects were arrested by vigilant Qatari Customs officers. They were found in possession of documents and a computer that contained sensitive security information and details about vital facilities. They had flight tickets to Syria and cash in American dollars and Iranian rials.
