AN OFFICIAL SOURCE AT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY EXPRESSED DEEP REGRET AND CONCERN OVER THE ASSASSINATION OF THE SAUDI CITIZEN JAMAL ALKHALAIFAH IN MADAGASCAR. IN A STATEMENT TO SAUDI PRESS AGENCY, THE SOURCE SAID THAT UPON RECEIVING THE NEWS, THE FOREIGN MINISTRY CONTACTED AUTHORITIES IN MADAGASCAR THROUGH THE KINGDOM'S EMBASSY IN TANZANIA TO LEARN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THIS CRIMINAL ACT AND WHO STAND BEHIND IT IN ADDITION TO REQUESTING THE REPORT OF THE CORONER. THE SOURCE ADDED, "AT THE SAME TIME, THE EMBASSY CONTACTED THE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED TO FACILITATE THE TRANSPORT OF THE BODY IN COORDINATION WITH CONCERNED AUTHORITIES. WE ARE STILL AWAITING THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION." THE FOREIGN MINISTRY EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND RELATIVES OF THE DECEASED.
