Saudi Arabia said it had arrested 208 people for involvement in a group of cells planning attacks on an oil installation as well as clerics and security forces, state television reported.

The report on al-Ikhbariya said one of the cells was planning to smuggle missiles into the country, which has faced a campaign by al Qaeda sympathisers since 2003.

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