Makkah Al-Mukarramah Police announced the arrest of a visitor of Algerian nationality, who assaulted and stabbed other visitors of the same nationality.
And the Holy Capital Police stated that the stabbing incident took place in a hotel, and the perpetrator fled the site after causing the death of the two visitors, before he was arrested, and regular measures were taken against him and he was referred to the Public Prosecution.
Sources revealed toNews 24She reported that the perpetrator dealt more than 15 separate stab wounds in the chest and back to the other visitors, which caused their death, adding that one of the hotel workers who witnessed the crime informed the receptionist of the presence of a visitor lying on the ground in the corridors with traces of blood, and it is likely that he died.
The sources added that the receptionist informed the competent authorities of the incident to proceed with the incident and discover the presence of another visitor lying on the bed inside one of the rooms with traces of stabbing, indicating that the perpetrator was identified by watching the cameras in the hotel, and he was arrested in the vicinity of the hotel before he fled.
She indicated that the bodies of the two deceased were transferred to a mortuary in a hospital, and the forensic doctor requested an autopsy to complete the regular procedures regarding the crime.