RIYADH: A Saudi court sentenced one man to death and 13 others to prison for their role in killing a foreigner, attacking government buildings and residential compounds and planning an assault on the US and British embassies, state media said.

The men, whose nationalities were not disclosed, were part of an alleged 50-member terrorist cell that faces a host of charges, including plotting to assassinate senior government officials and smuggling heavy weapons into the kingdom from Iraq.

They are also charged with the abduction and killing of a foreigner, impersonating police officers, fighting in conflicts abroad, firing at Saudi security officers and disobeying the king, according to the official Saudi Press Agency.

A Riyadh court found the 14 men guilty of being involved in an attack on a foreigner who was stopped at a fake checkpoint, the state news agency said on Monday.

Published in Dawn, August 20th, 2014