RIYADH: Giving weight to apprehensions that Saudi holidaymakers were being targeted by robbers in Syria, another Saudi family has said that it too had been robbed there.
According to a report in Sunday’s Al-Riyadh newspaper, Ibrahim bin Muhammad Al-Dowaihi and his family had a miraculous escape when an armed gang shot at them during a carjacking. Al-Dowaihi complained that the Saudi Embassy in Damascus has failed to respond to his plea for help.
In an earlier report, Al-Riyadh newspaper addressed a spate of recent attacks on Saudis in Syria, including the gun attack on lawyer Bataa Al-Shamri. He was hospitalized after being shot in Syria where he had gone to spend his summer vacation. His fate was unknown.
Another Saudi was seriously wounded in a similar attack in that country a month ago. That victim later succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment following his transfer to the Kingdom.
The Al-Dowaihis, the victims of the latest attack, are from Hautat Sudair, about 140 km north of Riyadh. Al-Dowaihi was driving his wife and six children on their way back from holidays in Syria when they were fired upon and robbed of the vehicle.
Arab News
