Theater Performers Stabbed During Live Show at Saudi Arabia

Three theater performers were stabbed while performing in a live play in Saudi Arabia capital Riyadh.
The attack took place in Riyadh’s King Abdullah Park, where the venue is hosting the two-month Riyadh Season festival, which is an entertainment event that consist of live shows and music, light installations, wall climbing and zip lining.
“Riyadh police have arrested an Arab resident in possession of a knife after he stabbed two men and a woman, who were members of a theatre group,” said al-Ekhbariya state television.
State news agency SPA said the victims sustained “superficial wounds” and were stabilized after receiving medical care.
Citing Riyadh police, the pro-government Okaz newspaper identified the attacker as a 33-year-old Yemeni national.
State television also told that identity of the victims and motivation of the attacker is not published yet.
This kind of attack happened for the first time in Saudi Arabia after the ultra-conservative kingdom began unloosing decades-old restrictions on entertainment.
Saudi analyst Ali Shihabi said on Twitter: “The risk of this sort of attack against the recent introduction of public entertainment, which many clerics have been inciting against, is a key reason (the government) has pursued a zero-tolerance policy towards their public attacks against change and reform.”
previously, this Kingdom has faced strong international tenderness over its human rights record by murdering Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
> Dipto Paul