The death of 39-year-old Egyptian national Ahmed Saber at a police station in Saudi Arabia has raised suspicions of foul play due to injuries found on the dead man’s neck.
Saber, a driver working for a Saudi transport company, reportedly had an altercation with his employer over money on 27 June.
According to a preliminary coroner’s report, Saber’s shirt had been torn from the side. The report went on to state that the cause of death could not be determined except by way of a thorough autopsy.
The company for which Saber worked was requested by Saudi authorities to turn over the deceased man’s medical records for examination.
Egyptian Consul in Riyadh Fawzi el-Ashmawy said the body would be sent to Egypt upon completion of a final autopsy report. “We requested that Saber’s family receive all their financial rights,” he said.
Saber’s wife said her husband had been working for the Saudi company for two years. “They didn’t even call us to tell us what happened,” she said.
Translated from the Arabic Edition.
