Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The death of a Saudi father and his 4-year-old son in Austria, as a result of his car colliding with a train, caused widespread grief on social media, at a time when the Saudi Embassy in Vienna announced the assignment of a team to investigate the circumstances of the traffic accident. Apocalyptic.
The hashtag “The death of young Abdelilah in Austria” spread widely on Twitter, amid great sympathy from the tweeters with the family of 5 people, praising the heroic role of the father who saved most of his family members, but he died while trying to save his 4-year-old child.
And the tweeter, Muhammad Al-Sharif, who is known as a former officer, wrote on his official page on Twitter: “One of my relatives and his four-year-old son moved to the mercy of God in an unfortunate accident in Austria yesterday, following a train collided with their car that got stuck in his way. He succeeded in getting his wife and two children out, then He returned to get the child out of the child seat before the train arrived, but God’s destiny was faster. I conveyed the news to you, asking for mercy for them,” he said.
For its part, the Saudi Embassy in Vienna published a statement saying: “The Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Vienna received from the local authorities in the Republic of Austria on Wednesday 3-8-2022 that a Saudi family of 5 had been involved in a traffic accident following their vehicle collided with a train. During Their presence in the Tyrol province of Austria for tourism, and the accident resulted in the death of the head of the family and one of the children, may God have mercy on them, and the rest of the family survived.
And the embassy added in its statement: “Therefore, the embassy has secured the return of family members to the Kingdom on the Saudi Airlines flight to Riyadh today, and work is underway with the Austrian authorities to complete the necessary procedures for transporting the bodies of the deceased, may God have mercy on them, to the Kingdom as soon as possible. The embassy extends its deepest condolences Sincere condolences to the family of the two deceased, hoping that the Almighty God bless them with his mercy,” she said.
The Saudi ambassador to Austria, Abdullah bin Khalid bin Sultan, commented on the incident by saying: “I extend my sincere condolences and sympathy to the families of the deceased in my name and on behalf of all the embassy staff, and we ask God Almighty to have mercy on them and dwell in their vast gardens, and to bind the hearts of their families and redress their painful affliction. We all belong to God and to Him we shall return,” he said.
Here are the most prominent tweets:
