Specialized criminal court began today hearing the case against 85 people accused of pursuing the takfiri course, which is contrary to Quran and Sunnah and the consensus of the nation's predecessors, joining al-Qaeda terrorist organization and working within a cell of led by the deceased Turki Al-Dandani with the aim of possessing explosives and all their requirements, smuggling them into the country and possessing military weapons, grenades, missiles and toxic materials to implement the plans of al Qaeda terrorist organization for killing expatriates, citizens and security men, blowing up government buildings, residential complexes and private property, destabilizing security, intimidating innocent people, corrupting in the earth, fighting against Allah and His Messenger, carrying out armed robbery against citizens and residents and robbing them publicly at gunpoint. The public case charged the accused with plotting to implement the following crimes: 1 - Armed resistance of the security men and wounding two of them by opening fire on them which prevented them from arresting the master planner of the crimes of the cell and allowed him to escape on 19.12.1423 H. 10 persons of the accused participated in this crime. 2 - Creating a din for the manufacture and processing of explosives in Riyadh's district of Azizia resulting in an explosion which resulted in the death of one of the elements of the cell and seizure of a number of hand grenades, weapons, guns and ammunition. 3 - Firing on security forces and citizens and robbing a car of a citizen by force of arms in Almaseef district of Riyadh. 4 - Resisting the security forces and threatening the security and safety of citizens in the neighborhood of Ashbeilia in Riyadh on 5/3/1424 H. after being spotted and chased and they opened fire on security personnel and looted a number of citizens' cars and took refuge in a din that was subject to security control. 5 - Implementation of a terrorist crime with car bombs at the night of 12/3/1424 H. on three residential compounds in Riyadh in the neighborhoods of Ghirnatah, Ashbailia and Janadriyah resulting in the death and injury of 129 people, including children, women and men. 13 persons of the accused participated in this crime. 6 - Hiding and smuggling ringleader Turki Al-Dandani and four of his associates from the city of Riyadh before the start of the implementation of the crime of attack on the residential complexes to Al-Ahsa and from it to Aljouf where the din in which he hid was raided on 3/5/1424 H. prompting him to commit suicide along with three others who were with him. --More
