Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – On Wednesday, the Saudi authorities arrested two Saudi citizens on charges of “forcible obscenity with another person” in the capital, Riyadh.
The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) quoted the official spokesman of the Public Prosecution as announcing the issuance of the arrest warrant once morest the citizens, “in preparation for completing the investigation procedures and referring them to the competent court to demand the most severe penalties prescribed in this regard.”
The results of the investigations with the accused showed that “they recognized the victim through a social media application, and that the accused had deceived him and used force and violence to rob the victim and enable them to implement their intention,” SPA reported.
A spokesman for the Saudi Public Prosecution stressed that “such acts are considered major crimes that require arrest and entail heavy penalties, up to murder, and that the Public Prosecution in this regard calls for speedy trial and verdicts once morest the perpetrators.”
