The father of Muhammad Othman Al-Shahri, one of the 19 suspects, condemned the groupâs plan to undermine the Kingdom. He said his son had taken part in the Afghan war without his permission.
| "Othman! You get back home right now! I'm warnin' you! Don't make me come over there!" |
Shahri was born and brought up in Namas village. He joined the College of Shariah at King Khaled University in Abha in 1990 but did not complete the course. He was working at a vegetable shop in Namas with Othman Al-Amri, another suspect, and left his home in Namas two weeks before Haj with his wife to undertake the pilgrimage but did not return. His wife returned with her brother two weeks ago, Shahriâs brother Awad said. Shahriâs wife said she had been staying at a flat in Riyadh in the last three months, adding that her husband came to the flat only to eat. Shahri did not visit his mother, who was in hospital for a month at the time.
| "Mom? She's just a woman. Maybe she'll live..." |
Aysha Abdullah Al-Amri, Othman Al-Amriâs mother, said she could not believe that her son was among the terror suspects. âHe is well-behaved and treated me very well. Unlike others he never went abroad for jihad,â she said. Amri worked in military maintenance.
| Guess he didn't have to go abroad for jihad. He stayed home for it... |
Sources close to Sultan Jibran Al-Qahtani, another suspect, told Al-Watan that Qahtani had participated in the Afghan war against the US. âAfter obtaining a degree in physical education from the Teachersâ College in Abha, Qahtani left for Afghanistan to participate in the war,â the sources added.
| An Islamic gym teacher. The thought boggles the mind. |
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