An Imam of a mosque in Saudi Arabia was stabbed before Friday's sermons

The Imam of a mosque in the city of Namas, in the Asir region of Saudi Arabia, was stabbed to death by a devotee before the start of the Friday sermon in a crime that n & # 39; Is still not known.

Bloggers of social networking sites said that the incident occurred at Al-Zainab Mosque, in the province of Al-Namas, and that the imam of the wounded mosque was Sheikh Ali bin Hasan Al-Sheikh al-Qashiri, 50 years old.

God be praised for the safety of Sheikh Ali bin Hassan Al-Sheikh Al-Qusheiri every month in front of the preacher and the Al-Zainab mosque in the province # Snips pic.twitter.com/LJw25o4YIw

– Tweets Twitter (@alnamas_info) April 5, 2019

Local media reported that the attacker had attacked Sheikh al-Qusheiry before boarding the university platform and delivering Friday sermons before a number of worshipers were able to remove the imam from the mosque and transfer it to one of the city's hospitals and hand over the culprit to the security authorities.

According to the newspaper, Sheikh Ali "local", injured in the shoulder, would have been surprised by the attack of one of the faithful. There is no difference between him and the culprit, imam and preacher of the mosque for more than 20 years.

The security authorities have still not revealed the results of their first investigations into the 40-year-old fugitive and his motive in the attack on the mosque's imam.