A Saudi court has sentenced three men to death and jailed 40 more for assisting suicide bombers who attacked three residence compounds in Riyadh in 2003.
The court said more than 25 people were killed in the attack, including 18 foreigners, along with 12 of the assailants.
It said one of them was also found guilty of plotting to blow up an air base in the south of the kingdom.
It added that 40 defendants received sentences ranging from two to 26 years for offences, including collaboration with or pledging allegiance to al-Qaeda.
Saudi Arabia had suffered a wave of attacks, thought to have been linked to al-Qaeda between 2003 and 2006.
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