Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it had dismantled a Daesh cell in a pre-emptive security operation the capital Riyadh, in connection with a plot to launch a suicide attack on the defense ministry.

Two militants were killed and five others arrested in raids on three locations on Wednesday, the Presidency of State Security said in a statement, carried by Saudi Press Agency, SPA.

The plot to attack the defense ministry involved two Yemenis and two Saudi citizens, the statement added.

Source: Wam