A man tried to set himself alight with gasoline beside the Kaaba, the black-clad building towards which the world’s Muslims face to pray, inside Makkah’s Grand Mosque late on Monday but was arrested before he could do so, police in Saudi Arabia said.
Securitymen in Makkah arrest a man, who was trying to burn the Holy Kaaba, by pouring gasoline on it. pic.twitter.com/z4FtYmPyjP
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“His actions suggest that he is mentally ill,” the mosque’s police service said in a statement, adding without elaborating that police would take measures to address the incident. Police said the man was in his 40s.
A video clip circulating on social media showed a man being hustled away from the Kaaba by pilgrims and security guards. Reuters was not able to verify the footage.
A very unfortunate and disgraceful incident, a person with mental illness or not should have enough sense not to exhibit their internal maladies at places of cultural significance. Especially, they should be conscious enough not to exhibit these aberrant tendencies at locations where such behaviour is likely to be met with harsh reprisal, especially religiously conservative countries such as Saudi Arabia.
#MentalHealthScreening for pilgrims in future.
Came to senses
He came to senses, he started to hate himself
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