JEDDAH, 9 August — A Shariah court in Maysan was burgled last weekend with the thief getting away with an unspecified sum of money.
The burglar made good his escape after rummaging through official documents and destroying some, Al-Riyadh reported yesterday.
Police found that the thief entered the court after breaking a back window of the building. Documents in the shelves were scattered around in his frantic search for money. Investigations are under way.
The people in the court’s neighborhood have been complaining of thefts in their homes when they went out for shopping or socializing.
It was reported earlier that about SR1 million was stolen from a house in the area.
Meanwhile, electrical and electronic devices such as computers, cameras, fax machines, telephones, television sets and videocassettes and laboratory equipment were burgled from a Riyadh girls’ school last Sunday. Several documents kept in shelves and on desks were also destroyed by the thieves.
The principal of the school said this was the fourth time thieves broke into the building but the losses were not so huge on pervious occasions. He said he was very worried about the loss of computers because they contained large data about students and teachers.
The school watchman was not on the premises when the crime took place. Police are investigating the incident.
