據報沙特逮捕9名美國恐怖嫌疑人大綱

A Saudi newspaper reported Sunday that authorities there have arrested nine American citizens and 24 people as terror suspects during the past week.

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The arrests also included 14 Saudis, three Yemenis, two Syrians, an Indonesian, a Filipino, an Emirati, a Kazakhstan national and a Palestinian, the Saudi Gazette said.

But Reuters, citing comments from six U.S. officials, said the United States could not confirm any Americans were among the group and that authorities were still checking names against databases.

The Saudi Gazette did not say if any of what it called the "terror suspects" were linked to the Islamic State group, which has claimed several deadly attacks against security forces and Shi'ites in the kingdom in recent months.一家沙特報紙星期日報道說，沙特當局在過去一週時間裏逮捕了被懷疑是恐怖嫌疑人的9名美國公民和其他24人。

《沙特公報》說，被逮捕的人中還包括14名沙特人、3名也門人、2名敘利亞人、1名印尼人、1名菲律賓人、1名阿聯酋人、1名哈薩克斯坦公民和1名巴勒斯坦人。

但路透社援引6名美國官員的話說，美國方面不能證實有美國公民被逮捕，並表示目前正在數據庫中核查有關姓名。

《沙特公報》的報道沒有說明這些恐怖嫌疑人當中是否有任何人和伊斯蘭國組織有關聯。伊斯蘭國組織聲稱對近幾個月來沙特安全部隊和什葉派人士發動的數起致命襲擊負責。