{"id":50170,"date":"2019-11-13T11:04:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T03:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=50170"},"modified":"2019-11-13T11:15:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T03:15:27","slug":"three-performers-stabbed-on-stage-in-saudi-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=50170","title":{"rendered":"Three Performers Stabbed On Stage In Saudi Capital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

RIYADH, Nov 13 (NNN-SPA) – A man stabbed three performers, during a live show in Saudi Arabia<\/a>‘s capital, state media said, adding that, the victims were in stable condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Footage broadcast by state television showed the man, identified as a 33-year-old Yemeni, running onto the stage in Riyadh’s King Abdullah Park, during a musical performance by, what appeared to be, a theatre troupe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The victims, two men and a woman, sustained “superficial wounds” and were stabilise, after receiving medical care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A video tweeted by Al Ekhbariya, appeared to show a man in street clothes, rushing onto the stage towards a group of costumed performers, and then falling to the ground as someone else chased him<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another online video showed the scene from another angle, as the assailant tumbled off the stage and the performers fled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The motive for the attack was not immediately clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

King Abdullah Park is one of several venues hosting a two-month-long entertainment festival, as part of the government’s efforts, to open up Saudi society and diversify its economy away from oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Riyadh Season festival’s website said, the offerings at the park include live shows and music, light installations, wall climbing and zip-lining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman<\/a>, eased social restrictions<\/a> and promoted entertainment, previously banned in the conservative kingdom. The General Entertainment Authority said, it plans to pump $64 billion into the sector in the coming decade<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Saudi officials warn that, introducing such reforms in a society steeped in conservatism is fraught with risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While they are popular among Saudi Arabia’s majority young population, the reforms could anger arch-conservatives, including hard-line religious leaders and the religious police, whose powers have been clipped in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“After this attack, we can expect a sharper crackdown on those opposed to Saudi’s entertainment push.”– NNN-SPA <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RIYADH, Nov 13 (NNN-SPA) – A man stabbed three performers, during a live show in Saudi Arabia‘s capital, state media said, adding that, the victims were in stable condition. Footage broadcast by state television showed the man, identified as a 33-year-old Yemeni, running onto the stage in Riyadh’s King Abdullah Park, during a musical performance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":50188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[287,286,217,194],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50170"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}