12 Pakistanis among those arrested over Saudi blasts

Nineteen people, including 12 Pakistani nationals, have been arrested in Saudi Arabia following suicide attacks on Monday, including one near Islam’s second-holiest site in the city of Medina, the kingdom’s Interior Ministry said on Thursday.

Seven people are believed to have been killed and two wounded in three separate attacks — in Medina, at a Shia mosque in Qatif, and in western Jeddah, the economic capital, not far from the U.S. consulate.

A 26-year-old Saudi man, Naer Moslem Hammad al-Balawi, who had a “history of drug use” had been identified as the perpetrator of the Medina attack, the Ministry said in a statement published by the official SPA news agency.