Dubai: A Yemeni expatriate killed a policeman in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday by running him over with his car and then stabbing him, the state news agency SPA reported.
It was not immediately clear if the attack was related to a 16-month-old war in neighbouring Yemen in a Saudi-led Arab coalition intervened in support of President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi against Iran-allied Al Houthi forces that had deposed him.
SPA, quoting a police spokesman in the Asir region of the southwestern province of Bisha, said police Corporal Muhthil al Salouli “was deliberately run over and stabbed” after emerging from dawn prayers at a mosque in Bisha town.
Police arrested the assailant, identified as a Yemeni of around 20 years of age, and were questioning him, SPA said.
Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis live and work in Saudi Arabia to support families in their impoverished homeland.
On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia intercepted two ballistic missiles fired at the kingdom by Al Houthi’s Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV reported.
Al Houthis did not immediately claim responsibility for the missile attack.
In the past, they have boasted of launching around a dozen Scud missiles at the south of the kingdom during more than a year of war.
Saudi-led Arab Coalition spokesman Ahmad Assiri said yesterday that Al Houthi attempts to fire scud missiles into Saudi Arabia was a result of their desperation.
