JEDDAH: A Yemeni expatriate stabbed a Saudi national to death following a violent confrontation in the early hours of Sunday in the Al-Bawadi district, Madinah newspaper reported.

The killer ran away after he saw the man lying in a pool of blood, although he later claimed he was acting in self-defense.

According to eyewitnesses the victim had been suffering from a mental problem and he had been making a lot of noise in the neighborhood on the day of his death.

When he saw the Yemeni man the Saudi confronted him with a knife. The killer managed to grab the blade and stabbed him in the neck, running away after the other man fell to the ground.

The victim was pronounced dead before he reached the hospital.

Police immediately investigated and later found the killer hiding inside a house in the same neighborhood. When confronted he claimed he was defending himself and did not know whether the Saudi man survived or not. It emerged the Yemeni man was living in the Kingdom illegally.