Manama: A pair of students, aged seven, who
went missing in the Saudi Eastern Province city of Dammam were found
safe 400 kilometres away, authorities said.
went missing in the Saudi Eastern Province city of Dammam were found
safe 400 kilometres away, authorities said.
The two first grade students,
one Saudi and the other Yemeni, reportedly left their school on Sunday
during the morning break without being noticed and were found later by
the police at a train station in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
one Saudi and the other Yemeni, reportedly left their school on Sunday
during the morning break without being noticed and were found later by
the police at a train station in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
“We received a call from the
school on Sunday afternoon informing us that Mohammad, my nephew, left
the school with a Yemeni student,” Abdul Rahman Al Ghamdi, the Saudi
boy’s uncle, said. “Our family and the family of the Yemeni student
looked for them everywhere. We checked with all the hospitals and we
also searched the water tanks near the school, but we could not find
them,” he said, quoted by local news site Sabq.
school on Sunday afternoon informing us that Mohammad, my nephew, left
the school with a Yemeni student,” Abdul Rahman Al Ghamdi, the Saudi
boy’s uncle, said. “Our family and the family of the Yemeni student
looked for them everywhere. We checked with all the hospitals and we
also searched the water tanks near the school, but we could not find
them,” he said, quoted by local news site Sabq.
Al Ghamdi added that they
later received a call informing them that the two young boys were found
in Riyadh after a Saudi national recognized them.
later received a call informing them that the two young boys were found
in Riyadh after a Saudi national recognized them.
“He knew who they were after
he saw their pictures that had been circulated on social networks as
part of the online campaign launched to locate them,” Al Ghamdi said.
“He informed the police at the station who worked out the details on how
to reunite them with their families in Dammam. We want now to know how
they ended up in the capital and how they were allowed to take the train
all the way to Riyadh even though they did not have any identity
documents,” he said.
he saw their pictures that had been circulated on social networks as
part of the online campaign launched to locate them,” Al Ghamdi said.
“He informed the police at the station who worked out the details on how
to reunite them with their families in Dammam. We want now to know how
they ended up in the capital and how they were allowed to take the train
all the way to Riyadh even though they did not have any identity
documents,” he said.
The uncle said that the school should assume the responsibility for the incident.
“The school
made two mistakes. It allowed them somehow to leave the school during
the break and it failed to contact us on time. They waited until 1 pm to
get in touch with us, and that is four hours after the boys went
missing. We will push for an investigation into this drama. We will also
seek to know how the two young boys were able to take the train without
any personal identification documents,” he said.
made two mistakes. It allowed them somehow to leave the school during
the break and it failed to contact us on time. They waited until 1 pm to
get in touch with us, and that is four hours after the boys went
missing. We will push for an investigation into this drama. We will also
seek to know how the two young boys were able to take the train without
any personal identification documents,” he said.
Online users insisted on a thorough probe to determine how the two boys managed to take the train without any security checks.
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