Makkah Mukarmmah saved from deadly terrorist attack: Al Arabiya TV

Makkah Mukarmmah saved from deadly terrorist attack: Al Arabiya TV

DUBAI: Saudi security forces foiled an attack on the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah on Friday, state television Al-Ekhbariya and Al Arabiya TV reported.

Al Arabiya said security forces had found two groups of terrorists in Makkah and a third group in the city of Jeddah.

The foiled attack targetted worshipers at the mosque, it said.

Neither Al Arabiya nor Al-Ekhbariya gave any further details.