Man arrested after trying to access pulpit during Friday sermon at Makkah’s Grand Mosque

Makkah region police have arrested a man who charged at the pulpit from which the imam was delivering the sermon before Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque. (Screenshot from Al Arabiya video)

• The man was dressed in an ihram and brandished a stick
• He was quickly apprehended and legal procedures against him have been taken

RIYADH: Makkah region police have arrested a man who charged at the pulpit from which the imam was delivering the sermon before Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque.
The man, dressed in an ihram and brandishing a stick, was quickly apprehended and legal procedures against him have been taken.