The Saudi embassy in Washington commented for the first time on the case of the killing of a scholarship student in a stabbing incident in Pennsylvania, Georgia.
The Saudi embassy said statement It followed “with great sadness and sorrow, and from day one, and in coordination with the Consulate General of the Kingdom in New York, the circumstances of the killing of citizen Al-Waleed Abdullah Al-Gharibi in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.”
It added that it was found that the student “was killed by an American citizen who lived on one of the upper floors of the house in which the citizen lived.”
The embassy indicated that the accused was arrested “and is currently under investigation,” pointing to the completion of “all necessary procedures with the concerned American authorities” to transfer his body to the Kingdom.
The embassy received with pain the news of the death of the student, Al-Walid Al-Gharibi. Her Highness the Ambassador contacted the families of the deceased to offer their condolences, stressing that the embassy and the consulate in New York are following the developments of the unfortunate incident with the security authorities. We ask God Almighty to forgive the deceased and to grant his family patience and solace. https://t.co/FBL5k8CnxL
— Saudi Embassy (@SaudiEmbassyUSA) January 28, 2023
And US media reported earlier that police forces and paramedics found Al-Gharibi, 25, dead following being stabbed in the neck last Monday in a bathroom on the third floor of a residential building in Germantown.
network quotesABC 27Local News reported that police said a 19-year-old woman named Nicole Marie Rodgers of Georgia was arrested in connection with the incident on charges of first degree murder and robbery.
May God have mercy on you and forgive you and make you dwell in Paradise and compensate your youth with Paradise. The eye sheds tears and the heart grieves, and I am saddened by your separation, and we only say what pleases our Lord… #Alwaleed _ Al-Gharibi What Allah takes is his, and what Allah gives is his too pic.twitter.com/8CCThS3eDd
– Asim Al-Gharibi (@agrape1) January 26, 2023
Okaz newspaper, quoting the victim’s uncle, said that Al-Gharibi “was regarding to finish his studies in computer science” in Philadelphia.