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Video: Three performers stabbed on stage in Saudi capital

 

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Yemeni resident, Saudi, Riyadh

Riyadh - The assailant was immediately arrested upon storming the stage.

By AFP

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Published: Tue 12 Nov 2019, 5:45 AM

Last updated: Wed 13 Nov 2019, 9:15 AM

A Yemeni man stabbed three performers during a live play in the Saudi capital Monday, police said.
The assailant was arrested after state television footage showed him stomping onto the stage in Riyadh's King Abdullah Park during a musical performance by what appeared to be a foreign theatre troupe.
"Security forces dealt with a... stabbing attack against two men and a woman from a theatre group during a live performance," a police spokesman was quoted as saying by the official Saudi Press Agency.

Police said the man arrested was a 33-year-old Yemeni expatriate and that the knife used in the attack was seized.
The statement added the victims were in stable condition but offered no information about their nationality or the motivation of the assailant.
The King Abdullah Park is one of the venues hosting the two-month "Riyadh Season" entertainment festival, part of a broad government push to open up the Kingdom to tourists and diversify its economy away from oil.
The Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has introduced stunning reforms including allowing concerts, re-opening cinemas and lifting a ban on women driving as part of a contentious liberalisation drive.
Developing the tourism and leisure sector is one of the foundations of Prince Mohammed's Vision 2030 plan to prepare the Arab world's largest economy for the post-oil era.


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