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Man tries to commit suicide next to Kaaba in Mecca

India Blooms News Service | | Feb 08, 2017, at 01:47 am

#Kaaba #Mecca

Manama, Feb 7 (IBNS): A man attempted to set himself on fire close to Kaaba in Mecca on Monday, media reports said.

Seucrity forces arrested him.

A security forces spokesman was quoted as saying by Ahram Online that at 11pm on Monday, a Saudi national who is in his forties and appears to be mentally unstable was arrested and referred to the authorities, after pouring gasoline on himself next to the Kaaba.

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