MAKKAH, 16 August 2007 — There aren’t many places one can accidentally drop a wad of cash and expect to recover it later. But when a Saudi man accidentally left SR9,000 in a taxi, he later discovered that basic human decency still exists in the big, mean world. The daily Al-Madinah reported yesterday that the man reported the loss to local police with the strong expectation that there was little chance that it would do any good. He was wrong. The police later received a call from a taxi driver who said he found the money in the back of his cab. The man was happily reunited with his money. Thanking the cabbie, the Saudi man insisted that the driver accept an SR2,000 honesty tip.
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Arab News
ABHA — Police in Bisha Province, south of Saudi Arabia, arrested a 38-year-old Saudi man who shot his 14-year-old son and his wife with a machine gun, Al-Jazirah reported. The two survived what police called an accidental shooting: Apparently the man was pretending to be a gunslinger — you know, like they do it in the movies. Jokingly he pointed the automatic weapon at his family when the gun discharged wildly (as machine guns are know to do), grazing his wife and child with a hail of bullets. Police gave the man a warning, and advised him not to point loaded automatic machine guns at his family — because, you know, it might lead to injury or death.
