Three performers stabbed on stage in Saudi capitalThe country's de facto leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has introduced stunning reforms including allowing concerts, re-opening cinemas and lifting a ban on women driving as part of a contentious liberalisation drive. Police said the man arrested was a 33-year-old Yemeni expatriate and that the knife used in the attack was seized. "After this attack we can expect a sharper crackdown on those opposed to Saudi's entertainment push." Saudi Arabia has already drawn international censure for its sweeping crackdown on critics, including clerics, intellectuals and women activists. The kingdom has faced international scrutiny over its human rights record since last year's murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents in Istanbul.

Source: Standard Digital November 12, 2019 05:09 UTC