Quotes: US MENA   Enter Symbol: NewsLetter: Search: advanced

Saudi- Makkah thief-killer testifies in court  Join our daily free Newsletter

MENAFN - Arab News - 20/10/2011

No. of Ratings : 0
Digg This Article: http%3a%2f%2fwww.menafn.com%2fmenafn%2fqn_news_story_s.aspx%3fstoryid%3d1093451313%26title%3dSaudi-Makkah-thiefkiller-testifies-court Share This Article: http%3a%2f%2fwww.menafn.com%2fmenafn%2fqn_news_story_s.aspx%3fstoryid%3d1093451313%26title%3dSaudi-Makkah-thiefkiller-testifies-court Add to Delicious Seed this article Buzz this article Add to Reddit Add to furl Add to stumbleupon Add to Mixx!


 


(MENAFN - Arab News) A Saudi citizen in his 50s, who shot dead an overstayer who allegedly broke into his home in Al-Rusaifah district with the intention of stealing, authenticated his confessions before the general court in Makkah Wednesday.

He said he asked the thief to leave the house immediately and fired four shots in air to scare him off, but the thief did not only refuse to leave but took the hose out of the gas cylinder and was looking for a lighter to set the house ablaze. "At that point I fired 14 shots from my machine gun that killed him immediately," the Saudi said in his confession.

The gunman said he killed the intruder in self-defense after he refused to leave the house and attempted to kill everyone in the house by setting it on fire.

The man, a mathematics teacher with 26 years experience, was taken back to the police station after authenticating his confessions in court.

He has four daughters and two sons. One of his daughters has won a number of prizes for educational excellence and was nominated for a competition abroad to which she would travel after Haj.

 






  MENA News Headlines
May 22 2013Ford to halt car production in Australia in 2016 ,AFP
(MENAFN - AFP) Ford announced Thursday it would cease making vehicles at its unprofitable Australian plants in 2016 and axe 1,200 jobs, having produced its first car in the country in 1925. Ford ...

May 22 2013First China manufacturing shrinkage in 7 months: HSBC ,AFP
(MENAFN - AFP) Manufacturing activity in China contracted in May for the first time in seven months, HSBC said Thursday, in another sign of the weakness of recovery in the world's second-largest ...

May 22 2013Documentaries are rising stars in film ,AFP
(MENAFN - AFP) Blockbuster features that cost $100 million or more may grab the headlines, but the area of filmmaking that is growing fastest is documentaries, say industry sources at the Cannes ...

May 22 2013US report urges action on intellectual property theft ,AFP
(MENAFN - AFP) A high-powered commission said Wednesday that intellectual property theft was costing the United States the equivalent of all its exports to Asia and urged a tougher approach to ...

May 22 2013Experts favor US approval of Merck sleeping pill ,AFP
(MENAFN - AFP) An independent panel of experts on Wednesday recommended US approval of a new Merck sleeping pill called suvorexant, but expressed concerns over the highest dosage and risks of ...

May 22 2013Poland claims world's first life-saving face transplant ,AFP
(MENAFN - AFP) Polish doctors carried out the world's first life-saving face transplant, the centre's spokeswoman said Wednesday, weeks after a 33-year-old man was disfigured by a machine in a ...

May 22 2013Google boss says company is doing 'right thing' on tax ,AFP
(MENAFN - AFP) Google boss Eric Schmidt insisted Wednesday his company was trying to do the "right thing" as it faces criticism in Britain over the amount of tax it pays, saying it was for ...

May 22 2013Canada lifts ban on gay men donating blood ,AFP
(MENAFN - AFP) Canadian health authorities lifted Wednesday what was effectively a ban on gay men giving blood, announcing new rules making men who have not had sex with men in the past five years ...

May 22 2013SARS-like virus claims new life in Saudi ,AFP
(MENAFN - AFP) A man who had contracted the coronavirus has died in Saudi Arabia, raising the death toll in the kingdom from the SARS-like virus to 17, the health ministry announced on its website ...

May 22 2013AIDS scientists optimistic of AIDS cure, for some ,AFP
(MENAFN - AFP) Top AIDS scientists were optimistic Wednesday of finding a cure for the disease that has claimed 30 million lives -- but said it might not work for all people. The experts have high ...

more...


 
Click to Apply






Google

 
 

Middle East North Africa - Financial Network

MENAFN News Market Data Countries Tools Section  
 

Middle East North Africa - Financial Network
Arabic MENAFN

Main News
News By Industry
News By Country
Marketwatch News
UPI News
Comtex News

IPO News
Islamic Finance News
Private Equity News

How-To Guides
Technology Section

Travel Section

Search News

Market Indices
Quotes & Charts

Global Indices
Arab Indices

US Markets Details

Commodoties

Oil & Energy

Currencies Cross Rates
Currencies Updates
Currency Converter

USA Stocks
Arab Stocks
 

Algeria 
Bahrain 
Egypt 
Iraq
Jordan 
Kuwait 
Lebanon
Morocco 
Oman 
Palestine
Qatar 
Saudi Arabia 
Syria
Tunisia 
UAE 
Yemen

Weather
Investment Game
Economic Calendar
Financial Glossary

My MENAFN
Portfolio Tracker

Voting

Financial Calculators

RSS Feeds [XML]

Corporate Monitor

Events

Real Estate
Submit Your Property

Arab Research
Buy a Research

Press Releases
Submit your PR

Join Newsletters


 
© 2000 menafn.com All Rights Reserved.  Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | Advertise | About MENAFN | Career Opportunities | Feedback | Help