JEDDAH, 11 March — A youth in an abnormal state of mind attacked a man mistaking him as a security officer who wanted to arrest him. Muhammad Al-Qarni, 39, a Saudi employee at King Abdul Aziz Airport, was coming home late in the night after buying medicines for his sick daughter. When he entered a narrow passage toward his house in Jeddah’s Ghuleil district, the youth jumped on him and started beating him continuously using a sharp weapon. Qarni shouted for help and people in the neighborhood overpowered the youth. He was later handed over to the police, Al-Bilad daily reported yesterday.