FILE: The victims, two men and a woman, suffered “superficial wounds” and were stabilized after receiving medical care.
CAIRO – 19 December 2019: A man arrested for stabbing three performers at a live show in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh last month was operating under orders from al Qaeda in Yemen, state television said on Thursday.
The trial of the suspected assailant, previously identified only as a 33-year-old Yemeni resident, had begun, the broadcaster added.
The attack occurred in Nov. 11 at King Abdullah Park, one of several venues hosting a months-long entertainment festival.
The victims, two men and a woman, suffered “superficial wounds” and were stabilized after receiving medical care.
Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen’s civil war in 2015 against the Iran-aligned Houthis. The U.S.-backed military coalition it leads also carries out operations against al Qaeda's Yemen branch known as al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
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