A 26-year-old young Saudi left his 64-year-old father to bleed to death in Yanbu after striking him in the head, a local newspaper said.

The suspect hit his father with a big ash tray several times on the head and then set fire to the place in a bid to cover up his crime, said Col. Fahd Al-Ghannam, spokesman for Madinah police.

The fire brigade in Yanbu had received word of smoke coming out of a commercial store at a local district and quelled the fire, only to find a corpse lying inside, said Col. Khalid Mubarak, Madinah Fire Department spokesman. The suspect has been arrested and referred to the relevant authorities, the newspaper reported.