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AL-MUDHNIB/SAMTA – Two boys have died in accidents that could have been prevented, officials said.
A stray bullet pierced a 10-year-old boy’s head after one of his relatives handled a gun he did not realize was loaded and another drowned in a water tank, according to officials.
Family members rushed the boy to Al-Mudhnib General Hospital, about 120 kilometers from Qassim, but he was pronounced dead before admission, officials said.
Lt. Col. Fahd Bin Ali Al-Habdan, spokesman of Al-Qassim Region Police, urged people to be careful with firearms and ensure that they are only handled by people who know how to use them.
He said possession of firearms and keeping them within reach of children has caused many accidents.
Meanwhile, another boy drowned in the water tank at his home in Al-Muwassam town, Samta, in the Jizan Region. The boy’s family rescued him from the bottom of the tank and took him to Al-Muwassam General Hospital, but he had died before they arrived there, officials said.
Capt. Yahya Al-Qahtani, spokesman of the Directorate of Civil Defense in Jizan Region, said the Civil Defense team in Al-Muwassam received a report that a boy was brought to Al-Muwassam General Hospital after he drowned in a water tank at his father’s house.
A Civil Defense officer arrived at the hospital and wrote a report and the boy’ s body has been handed over to the farter after he admitted that the boy’s death was an accident.
Al-Qahtani called on parents to watch their children, tightly close covers of water and septic tanks and maintain them. – Okaz/SG
JEDDAH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah on Saturday received an honorary doctorate degree in the service of humanity from Umm Al-Qura University. Higher Education Minister Dr. Khaled Al-Anqari and Dr. Bakri bin Maetouk Assas, the universitys president, presented the degree to the king.
Speaking at a ceremony at Al-Safa Palace in Makkah, Assas commended King Abdullah for the international recognition he achieved for humanitarian services. He referred to the kings efforts to alleviate the suffering of Pakistans flood victims and his historic initiative to promote interfaith dialogue.
MAKKAH: A woman and her four children, three girls and a boy, died on Tuesday in a massive fire that engulfed their small apartment located on the roof of a two-story building in Makkahs Misfala district.
Lt. Col. Ali Al-Muntashry, director of investigations and spokesman of the Civil Defense, confirmed the deaths that took place in the early hours of the day. He said eight Civil Defense teams took part in the operation to control the fire.
MAKKAH: Six people were slightly injured in a fire that broke out in a hotel in Ajyad in Makkah Thursday afternoon.
Civil Defense teams evacuated 300 Umrah pilgrims of different nationalities from the 10-story hotel after the fire broke out in a fifth floor kitchen.
The injured, two of them firefighters, were given first aid at a nearby hospital, Makkah Civil Defense spokesman Lt. Col. Ali Al-Muntashari told Arab News.
DAMMAM – A special air ambulance ordered by Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, moved British Embassy official Ian Walter Baharie to King Fahd Military Medical Complex in Dhahran, Sunday night.
Medical personnel at the hospital said Tuesday that the British official was in stable condition and could be released on Thursday.
JEDDAH – High-tech equipment used by the Expatriates Administration in Makkah Region has uncovered 80 domestic maids who escaped from their sponsors, authorities said.
The women, who had alleged that they entered the Kingdom on Haj and Umrah visas, made detailed confessions regarding their real names and identities and their attempts to escape from the Kingdom, according to authorities.
Lt. Col. Muhammad Muflih Al-Otaibi, head of the Detention Section in the Expatriates Administration, said checking fingerprints has also uncovered 390 violators who tried to deceive the administrations staff by saying that they were overstayers. He pointed out that his organization has registered 14,068 sets of fingerprints.
JEDDAH: Police in the northern city of Hail have been searching in vain for three days for a 20-year-old Arab woman who mysteriously disappeared from her home.
Hail police, who did not reveal the name of the woman or her 31-year-old husband, said on Tuesday that a description of her had been circulated among all checkpoints monitoring each exit and entry point in the city.
Spokesman for Hail police Lt. Col. Abdul Aziz Muhammad Al-Zinaidi said the husband, who initially reported his wifes disappearance, did not believe she had been kidnapped or encouraged to leave him.
JEDDAH: Police in Hail reported on Sunday that they were able to arrest a young Saudi wanted for ambushing his father with a gun.
The father was not injured in the attack.
According to the police, the son waited for his father in a public street in Baqqa area of Hail, and fired at him several times before fleeing the scene.
Police didnt say when the shooting took place, but the son was apprehended on Saturday.
ABHA – Members of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) on Sunday expressed concerns over conditions in the Passports Department detention facility in Asir region.
Dr. Ali Bin Eisa Al-Shabi, a NSHR representative in Asir region who toured the facility, said: “Among the most prominent observations were overcrowding; imprisonment of children, old people and unidentified persons; and health, living and cleaning services clearly not meeting required standards.”
There are also delays in resolving cases and the detainees home countries must address the problem of people entering or staying in the Kingdom illegally, he added.
JEDDAH: A police sergeant reportedly shot dead his colleague, who held a higher rank, following a dispute.
The shooter then fled. He later surrendered to Madinah police, Lt. Col. Fahd Al-Habdan, spokesman of Qassim police, said on Sunday. Al-Habdan said the officer was killed while he was on his official duty in Buraidah on Sunday morning, adding that he died on the spot.
“Police in south Buraidah have taken up the case and criminal investigation officers have completed their procedures,” he said. He said an investigation has been launched to determine the reason for the murder, which took place along the Imara Street in Buraidah.