“Jeddah police investigators were able to gather enough information and evidence from the crime scene, which led to the arrest of the killer,” he told Arab News. “Early information revealed that the killer lived in the same district as that of the victim.”

The medical report showed the victim was knifed thrice. Following the murder, Maj. Gen. Ali Al-Ghamdi, head of Jeddah police, instructed security forces to track down the suspect.

An eyewitness, a friend of the victim, who was with the victim at the night of the murder, told investigators he and the victim were driving in the area. He dropped off the victim at his house and left to search for parking space. A few minutes later, when he went to the house, he was shocked to see the man on the ground in a pool of blood.

The motive behind the murder is being probed.