Youm7 TV highlighted the statement of Ambassador Haddad Al-Gohary, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Consular Affairs, in which he explained that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs acted immediately after the circulation of a video clip showing an Egyptian pilgrim inside the Holy Mosque in Mecca.
Al-Gohary confirmed that the Ministry directed the Egyptian Embassy in Riyadh and the General Consulate in Jeddah to communicate urgently with the sisterly Saudi authorities, in order to clarify the circumstances of the incident and follow up on its details in an official and accurate manner.
Hajj and Umrah security forces begin investigating the incident of the altercation in the Grand Mosque in Mecca
The coverage provided by our colleague Ahmed Al-Jaafari mentioned the details of the incident, as the Assistant Foreign Minister said, “The matter is being followed up with the Saudi authorities.” The video clip, which shows the way a security officer dealt with a man and a woman in the Grand Mosque in Mecca, sparked widespread controversy on social networking sites in recent hours, while the Saudi Public Security Forces announced that the Special Forces for Hajj and Umrah Security had begun arresting a violator of instructions and completing regular procedures against him.
Social media users circulated a video clip showing a policeman holding a woman’s hand forcefully to force her to stand up and leave her position inside the sanctuary, before the video moved to another scene in which the policeman appears pushing one of the pilgrims who objected to his style, amid a verbal altercation between the two parties that sparked mixed reactions on the Internet.
