Saudi attempts self-immolation at Islam's holiest site

By THE MANILA TIMES

Feb 07, 2017 8:06 pm

MECCA, Saudi Arabia: Saudi police arrested an apparently 'mentally disturbed' man who tried to set himself on fire at Islam's holiest site, the Grand Mosque in Mecca, a police spokesman said on Tuesday.

The man, in his 40s and a Saudi citizen, 'poured petrol on himself and tried to set it alight,' Grand Mosque police spokesman Major Sameh al-Salami said.

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