“There was a vegetable delivery at the supermarket at about 9 a.m., so the victim was busy and did not notice the suspect approaching him. The attacker stabbed him three times on his left side,” a Filipino worker of the supermarket told Arab News on Saturday.

He said the victim was rushed by the supervisor on duty to the nearest hospital but was declared dead at around 1:30 p.m. “The suspect was bothering Filipino customers who eventually complained to the victim. There was an exchange of heated words between the suspect and the victim. The suspect left in a huff. When he came back he had a knife, which he used to kill the victim. The suspect then fled,” he added.

The store supervisor gave police the suspect’s identity.

The police scoured the area and found him to have checked in at a hotel in the same area. He is now in custody.

It was not known where the suspect hails from in the Kingdom.