JEDDAH: Security authorities in Madinah have arrested four brothers between the ages of 10 and 17 for playing cards inside the Prophet’s Mosque, according to Maj. Gen. Fahd Al-Ghannam, official spokesman of the Madinah police.

After a photo went viral on social networking sites showing the youngsters playing cards inside the mosque, security authorities identified and arrested them.

Preliminary investigation revealed they were waiting for their family members from just after Fajr until sunrise.