MAKKAH — Police in Makkah arrested a man who was muttering "I'm the Expected Mahdi" while dressed in ihram and circumambulating the Ka'aba on Friday. Brig. Yahyia Massad Al-Zahrani, Commander of the Grand Mosque Security Forces, said the man, thought to be a psychiatric patient, would be referred to the mental health hospital in Makkah to determine if he indeed is mentally ill. The man is described as a tall black male adult in his 40s.
