Foreign Ministry issues statement regarding murder of Egyptian citizen in Saudi Arabia

The Foreign Ministry received with great sadness the news of the murder of Egyptian citizen Ashri Muhammad Hassan and the injury of Egyptian citizen Hussein Sami Muhammad Hassan yesterday in Riyadh.

Ambassador Amr Mahmoud Abbas, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Consular Affairs and Egyptians Abroad, said that as soon as the crime occurred, the Egyptian Consulate General in Riyadh took steps to follow up. the investigation and identify the circumstances of the accident, and insisted on the presence of his representative in coordination with the Saudi authorities concerned and the Saudi authorities managed to arrest the author was shortly after the occurrence of the crime, and she took legal action against him and listened to witnesses to the incident, The body of the deceased was also transferred to the forensic office to carry out the autopsy with a view to referring the case back to the prosecution in order to continue legal proceedings.

The Riyadh Consulate General is closely monitoring the health condition of the injured citizen, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Riyadh Consulate General, will continue to provide legal support and take the necessary steps to monitor all cases. aspects of the case, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs offers its sincere condolences to the family of the deceased, may God have mercy on them.