Riyadh: A week after suicide bombers killed at least 34 people in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's King Fahd has vowed to wipe out all forms of terrorism.

Addressing Shura Council on May 17, the King said, "This nation is united over the need to stamp out all forms of the terror scourge, and God willing, is capable of doing so with the co-operation of its people."

"The Saudi people ... reject all forms and shapes of terrorism and will not allow a handful of errant terrorists to harm the safety of this country, its people and resident expatriates," he vowed, reports 'The News'.

The affirmation came during a key policy address to the 120-member Appointed Council at the start of the third year of its third legislative term.

The Saudi people "will not allow the presence of an errant and misguided ideology that promotes and feeds terror, even when this ideology professes to be religious", Fahd said. He affirmed that the Islamic faith is against terrorism and its ideology. The Speaker of the Council, Sheikh Saleh bin Humayed, emphasised the chamber's total support for "whatever steps the government takes in hunting the criminals, those who assisted, backed and supported them".

"The Council supports all the efforts taken by the state to protect those living in this country," Humayed said.

"The Council decisively condemns these heinous acts and deplores their perpetrators. All this is spreading corruption on Earth, killing innocent people and destroying property," he said.

The speaker said terror acts such as the May 12 deadly attacks against expatriate residential compounds targeted the security of the nation and its unity.

ANI