"The girl was not exposed to any physical or criminal attack and was a virgin," the report said. The post-mortem, however, found remnants of food she had partaken with a Yemeni worker before her death.

The post-mortem result refutes reports carried by some local Arabic newspapers that the girl was gang raped before falling from the 16th floor of the hotel where she was staying — Dar Al-Muhajireen in the city's Gaza district — on to the roof of an adjacent building.

Arab News learned from high-level sources that the girl had established friendly relations with the Yemeni worker and had agreed to join him for dinner at the top floor of the hotel where a few guests lived.

The girl went up without informing her stepfather with whom she had come to the Kingdom to perform Umrah.

The stepfather then informed hotel authorities that his daughter was missing and a Yemeni worker went up to the top floor and found the two eating dinner together. The second Yemeni man then rebuked his compatriot and told him that the girl's father was looking for her.

The source added that the girl then tried to jump on to the terrace of an adjacent building but missed. She fell on her legs and sustained bruises to her legs and shoulders.

The stepfather has been following the case from the beginning and has not objected to the results of the investigation, said the source, adding that the stepfather said that the girl went up to meet the Yemeni worker of her own. "It was her mistake and she got her punishment," the source quoted the stepfather as saying.

Meanwhile, a number of pilgrims of different nationalities have expressed their disappointment at the protest carried out by some 300 Algerians soon after news of the girl's death became public. The Algerian pilgrims blocked a road and raised the Algerian flag.

"The Algerians' action frightened other Muslim worshipers in the city," they said, urging all pilgrims to follow the Kingdom's rules and regulations. Businesses close to the hotel said they had lost business as a result of the Algerians' actions.

The police had earlier interrogated the two Yemenis. Police spokesman Maj. Abdul Mohsen Al-Maiman said the two men were living in the Kingdom illegally.

Meanwhile, Al-Fajr, an Algerian newspaper, carried a report recently saying that the girl was not raped. The paper quoted the girl's stepfather as saying she did not commit suicide and that he was planning to travel with her brother, Muhammad, to France the next day, Wednesday. He said he found the body of the girl while searching for her. The paper also said that the stepfather had expressed confidence in the investigations that are being carried out by the Saudi authorities.

In a related development, a video clip entitled "Message from Martyr Sarah Al-Khateeb to Saudi newspapers" have been circulating for some time on YouTube. One of the clips contains a number of pictures of the girl with comments. One comment said she came to Makkah to perform Umrah and never expected that people would try to rape her at such a holy place and that when she refused they threw her from the top of the hotel.

The video also attacked Saudi newspapers for allegedly accusing her of having sexual relations with the Yemeni worker. It was not clear who posted the video.