A knife man guard injured at the French Consulate General in Saudi Arabia October 30 at 0:52
A man was arrested on the 29th at the French Consulate General in Saudi Arabia on suspicion of slashing guards and injuring him.
Local police are investigating the motives of the incident in the midst of a voice of opposition to the words and actions of French President Emmanuel Macron over Islamic prophets.
According to police in Saudi Arabia, a man suddenly cut a man on guard with a knife at the French Consulate General in western Jeddah on the 29th.
The man was Saudi and was soon arrested.
The man who was cut off is an employee of a security company, who was treated at the hospital and has no life-threatening consequences.
In response to the incident, the French embassy in Riyadh, the capital, issued a statement saying, "It cannot be justified and strongly protests."
Opposition is widespread in the Islamic world of the Middle East and Asia, triggered by President Emmanuel Macron's stance to protect freedom of expression over the murder of a teacher who showed his students a caricature of a Muslim prophet in France. Islam.
In Saudi Arabia, the government has once again denied the description of the Prophet, calling for a boycotts of French products among the inhabitants.
Since the incident occurred under these circumstances, police are investigating the motives, including the relationship with President Macron's words and actions.