According to a police source, they received information that a wanted suspect was on his way from Taif to Makkah. At a checkpoint on Al-Kar Road before Makkah, he refused to stop.

Police started a chase and managed to trap the suspect in Al-Awali neighborhood. He resisted arrest and tried to escape, but police managed to overpower him. He was transferred to the police station for further investigations.

Police sources said that the man attacked a police officer in Aziziyah district in Makkah on Aug. 25. Previously he shot and beat an undercover police officer south of Makkah.