JEDDAH/DAMMAM: A British man was found fatally stabbed in an apartment in the Eastern Province city of Alkhobar on Tuesday. The man, believed to be in his 50s, was not the target of a terrorist attack, said a British Embassy official on condition of anonymity.
“There are no indicators from the police investigation thus far that this was a terrorist incident,” said the embassy official. “We are actively involved in contacting his relatives in the UK.”
The official said that the victim was understood to be living in Bahrain but had been working in Saudi Arabia.
An Eastern Province police official said a full-scale inquiry has been launched.
It is believed that the British citizen had a dispute with an Egyptian man who was later found at an area hospital being treated for knife wounds to his hands.
Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki confirmed that a suspect had been arrested.
“The unidentified British man, believed to be in his 50s, was found dead in the apartment of an Egyptian acquaintance after police received a telephone tip-off,” a police official told Arab News on condition of anonymity.
— With input by Faiz Al-Mazrouei
