Details are emerging about the gruesome murder of an Indian expat by a Saudi in broad daylight in Riyadh on Monday, of which footage was captured by a local resident and uploaded onto YouTube.
“The killer, a 32-year-old single and unemployed Saudi male, had been previously convicted on drug charges and domestic violence against his parents,” said Col. Fawaz Al-Maiman, Riyadh police spokesman.
“Investigations reveal that the killer was, in fact, under the influence of drugs at the time he committed the crime.”
“The man allegedly believed he was possessed,” he said. “Witnesses heard him say that he was being chased by evil spirits that he wanted to get rid of, so he went back into the house, got himself a knife and went to the grocery store.
It was there that he found an Indian expat sitting alone. He then approached him and tried to stab him. The worker fled the shop, but the man followed him and stabbed him four times.”
The incident, which took place in the middle of a road in the Al-Suwaidi neighborhood in Riyadh at noon, was witnessed by several bystanders and onlookers in nearby buildings, one of whom captured footage of the killer wandering in the street and the victim lying lifeless on the road. Several cars can be seen passing by in the clip, in addition to a few bystanders.
The man then walks back to the victim and takes another few stabs at his lifeless corpse.
“The victim had already died by the time we had arrived at the scene,” said Al-Maiman. “We caught the killer not far from the crime scene. He still had the knife used to stab the worker on him when he was arrested by policemen from the Al-Areeja Police Department.”
“He then tested positive for narcotics upon investigation and will be referred to the Al-Amal rehab facility before the case is handled by the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution,” he said.
“The Indian community is like any other community in the Kingdom,” he said. “We respect their efforts in achieving sustainable development in the Kingdom. We do not discriminate between residents and citizens.”
Killer in gruesome murder of Indian expat was under influence of drugs
