Dr. Fawwaz bin Fahd Al-Rashid, director of King Khaled Hospital in Hail, was attacked by the guards following a dispute over disciplinary actions he had taken, said spokesman for Hail police Lt. Col. Abdul Aziz Al-Zinairi.
“Dr. Al-Rashid’s secretary who intervened to end the fight was also attacked and sustained a broken arm,” he said. “Dr. Al-Rashid had deducted SR800 from the salary of Sultan Al-Shammari for repeated absence and fired another guard for being inefficient.
“When the director entered the hospital, the two guards entered into a heated discussion with him which turned into fighting as a result of which the director’s hand was broken and he sustained injuries to his head and elsewhere in his body,” he added.
Al-Zinairi did not name the other guard but said police are still searching for him. According to hospital sources, the guards went on strike last week after their colleague was fired.
A schoolteacher in Taif required hospital treatment after he was attacked and robbed by four youths.
The victim, who works as a physics teacher at a local secondary school, lost his credit cards and identification card, as well SR600 in cash, Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper reported on Monday.
The teacher told the police that the youths pushed him to the ground and continued to beat him until all his clothes were torn and he was bleeding.
Although the teacher could not identify the boys, he noted the number plate of the car they had used.
Meanwhile, a young man was fired at and seriously injured in Al-Hawwiyah, 17 km north of Taif. The youth was shot after an argument broke out while he was playing cards with friends.
When a disagreement over rules boiled over, one of the men went to his car and returned with a gun and shot the victim in his abdomen. Police are investigating.
Elsewhere, a Saudi youth was arrested for impersonating a police officer at Al-Shifa hill station in Taif, Al-Madinah newspaper reported on Monday.
The youth was collecting identity documents and mobile phones from picnickers and telling them that he would return them shortly after they had been verified at the local police station.
However, they realized that they were duped when they contacted the police station, which informed them that no one had been sent to verify their documents. Police managed to track him down after following leads from the victims.
