JEDDAH, 10 February 2005 — A Pakistani taxi driver was murdered in his car in Jeddah on Monday.
A police source said the driver’s body was found in his cab in Al-Jamia district of the city with the head almost separated from the trunk.
Al-Jamia police are investigating the case. The culprits are believed to be non-Saudis.
According to a police theory, the driver, who was in his 30s, might have picked up passengers who led him into an alley in the district and attempted to rob him. When the driver resisted, the attackers slit his throat using a sharp knife and left him there to bleed and die.
The estimated amount that the victim was carrying could not have exceeded SR200, police reported.
According to a police official, who did not want to be named, foreign criminals were getting bolder these days because security officials were fully focused on tackling terrorism.
