Saudi Arabia: 77 Arrested in Connection With Attack Saudi Arabia said Monday that it had arrested 77 people linked to what it called a terrorist attack that killed seven people this month in the eastern part of the country, according to the state news agency, which cited an Interior Ministry spokesman. Two Saudis and a Qatari were killed as they resisted arrest, along with two security officers, the ministry said. The spokesman said the Nov. 3 attack was ordered from abroad by the group known as the Islamic State. A version of this brief appears in print on November 25, 2014, on page A10 of the New York edition with the headline: Saudi Arabia: 77 Arrested in Connection With Attack.