Nepali envoy stabbed in Saudi Arabia
Nepal’s Acting Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ananda Prasad Sharma was stabbed when he was on duty at his office in Riyadh today.
A Nepali national, who was taking shelter in the embassy attacked Sharma, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
He was taken to the King Faisal Hospital in Riyadh and is said to be out of danger, MoFA added. Motive behind the attack is not yet clear. Moreover, the Ministry has not disclosed the name and other details of the attacker.
The suspect, however, has been nabbed by the Saudi police and would face punishment as per the Saudi law.
“The Ministry condemns the incident against the diplomatic official,” read the MoFA statement. It added that the embassy had been directed to look into the issue and report to the ministry at the earliest.
MoFA spokesperson Tara Prasad Pokharel told this daily that the attacker was living at a shelter on the Nepali Embassy premises for some time after being declared “illegal” in the Gulf kingdom and was in the process of returning home.
Published on: 15 April 2016 | The Himalayan Time
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