Security forces are still in pursuit of a young man who stabbed a member of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) in his chest.

The member was on duty in the city when he saw the young man making passes and harassing women. When he tried to arrest the man, he resisted and stabbed him in his chest. The man ran away and disappeared among the crowd.

The member was transferred to the hospital immediately and his condition is said to be stable.