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Monday, June 19, 2017
Saudi Arabia says it captured 3 Iranian Revolutionary Guards from boat
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia says it captured three Iranian Revolutionary Guards aboard an explosive-laden boat heading to an oil platform in the Gulf.
The three “are now being questioned by Saudi authorities,” the Information and Culture Ministry says in a statement, at a time of already heightened tensions with Iran.
“It is clear this was intended to be a terrorist act in Saudi territorial waters designed to cause severe damage to people and property,” the ministry says.
The latest statement comes more than 12 hours after Saudi Arabia says it had seized weapons from a boat captured in the Gulf’s Marjan field at about 8:30 p.m. Friday.
On Saturday, Iran accused the Saudi coastguard of killing one of its fishermen after two fishing boats may have strayed into Saudi waters.
— AFP
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