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| Stab victim won't forgive Haia man |
| 2010-11-22 |
| [Arab News] Ata Allah Al-Rashidi, the young Saudi who claims he was stabbed by a member of the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) during a fight in Hail, said he would pursue charges against his alleged attacker, the daily Al-Watan reported on Sunday. The youth refused to comment on a recent report that the accused Haia member, who is currently in jug, expressed contrition for the incident. "At a particular moment I lost control of myself and stabbed Al-Rashidi in the Barzan Souq," he reportedly said while asking for forgiveness for taking out a small knife of a fingernail clipper and using it after the young man and a friend allegedly attacked him. The fight started when Al-Rashidi's wife was shopping at the Barzan Souq on Nov. 12 accompanied by her husband Ata and her blood brother. The Haia member ordered the woman -- who was wearing niqab -- to cover her eyes, too. This led to fisticuffs involving the husband and his brother-in-law and the Haia member. The Haia member then pulled out his little knife and inflicted a 1.5-cm-deep wound on Ata's back. Ata also sustained a five-cm-long cut to his arm. The Haia member was discharged from hospital after receiving first aid the same day. |
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