Saudi Embassy officials in Amman are looking into the case of two Saudi brothers who were attacked and severely beaten up in Jordan's Irbid governorate, 80 km from the capital Amman, according to a report in Al-Watan Arabic newspaper. The newspaper quoted Dr. Hamad Al-Hajri, Charge d'Affaires in the Saudi Embassy in Amman, as saying that an embassy official was sent to Irbid to check on the condition of the two brothers in their thirties. One of the assaulted brothers was treated in a medical center at the embassy's expense, he said, adding that Irbid's governor and police chief have expressed their concern and launched an investigation. The two brothers were attacked in front of a police patrol, the newspaper said. One suffered a broken nose and fractures of bones in the face, while the other had bleeding from various wounds to the face and body. The two Saudis said they were followed and harassed by six young men in a car, who appeared to be in their twenties, while driving to get dinner. “I ignored them to avoid a quarrel,” said Omar Al-Enizi, 36. “They continued to harass us until we spotted a police patrol parked at a hotel. I pulled over in front of it and my brother Othman got out to talk to them. At that point, one of the passengers got out of the other car and hit my brother very hard in the stomach. My brother is 65 percent disabled because of an old accident,” Omar said. “Othman fell on the ground and the rest of the young men got out of the car and kicked him in the head and body repeatedly until he fainted in front of the police. They then broke my car's windshield and beat me harshly.” One of the men hit Othman on the nose with an iron tool, Omar said, adding that the police arrested only three of the six attackers.
