Riyadh has previously had fireworks for a number of occasions, including the Riyadh Season Festival, held from October 15 to December 15. Bloomberg.
Riyadh has previously had fireworks for a number of occasions, including the Riyadh Season Festival, held from October 15 to December 15. Bloomberg.
Riyadh has previously had fireworks for a number of occasions, including the Riyadh Season Festival, held from October 15 to December 15. Bloomberg.
Riyadh has previously had fireworks for a number of occasions, including the Riyadh Season Festival, held from October 15 to December 15. Bloomberg.

Theatre performers wounded on stage in Saudi Arabia knife attack


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A Yemeni man was arrested after he stabbed three performers during a live play in Riyadh on Monday.

Saudi Police said the victims were in stable condition but offered no information about their nationality or the assailant's motives.

A police spokesman told the Saudi Press Agency that "security forces dealt with a ... stabbing attack against two men and a woman during a live performance".

State television footage showed the 33-year-old attacker climbing on to the stage in King Abdullah Park during a musical performance by what appeared to be a foreign troupe.

King Abdullah Park is one of the venues hosting the two-month Riyadh Season entertainment festival, part of a broad government push to open up the kingdom to tourists and diversify its economy away from oil.