3 Saudis were arrested after the video of the car incident

The Taif Governorate police in Saudi Arabia arrested three citizens who appeared in a video clip on social media, which the police said documented that one of them was in danger of death.

The circulating clip showed two of the three riding the other in the back of the vehicle, which posed a threat to his life, according to the police statement, which it published on its pages on social platforms.

The investigations conducted by the police authorities in Taif reached the conclusion that the three are friends and that “they acted as a joke because of a relationship that binds them all,” according to the statement.

The statement confirmed in the context that “regular measures were taken against them, and they were referred to the Public Prosecution.”

According to the same statement, the photographer is being searched for, in order to arrest him “for violating the anti-cybercrime law.”