Riyadh: one Arab was arrested over suspicion of killing a French

A Saudi security source announced yesterday that the police detained one Arab suspected of killing French citizen Laurent Barbo in Jeddah several days ago.

The source said that the suspected man was arrested in al-Hara suburb near Jeddah on Tuesday evening following a monitoring operation. The sources which did not indicate the nationality of the Arab nor the nature of his involvement in killing the French on Sunday, said that the authorities is interrogating the suspect.