A man has caused serious commotion inside Mecca at the grand mosque when he tried to set himself in fire.
Mecca
A man has tried to set himself alight with gasoline beside the Kaaba, the black-clad building towards which the world’s Muslims face to pray, inside Mecca’s Grand Mosque.
According to Reuters, the incident which occurred late on Monday caused serious commotion in the area.
Police in Saudi Arabia confirmed that the man was arrested before he could do himself harm.
“His actions suggest that he is mentally ill,” the mosque’s police service said in a statement, adding without elaborating that police would take measures to address the incident.
Police said the man was in his 40s.