Security officers in Taif found the body of a 25-year-old Saudi citizen who had shot himself inside a rest house in the area on Sunday.

Investigation into the incident is still ongoing, according to police.

Atti Al-Qurashi, media spokesman for Makkah Police, said security officers in Taif dispatched security teams, a member of the Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution and forensic experts to the scene on receiving information about the discovery of the man's body at the rest house.

Al-Qurashi said that the body has been transferred to a local hospital for further forensic analysis by a pathologist.

The pistol used to commit suicide was also taken in for examination.

The case has been transferred to the Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution.