Nepal’s envoy to Saudi injured in knife attack

Nepal’s Acting Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Ananda Prasad Sharma, was attacked with a knife at his office on Thursday by a fellow citizen.According to the Embassy of Nepal in Riyadh, Laxman Bahadur Rai of Sunsari, who was taking refuge at the embassy, barged into Sharma’s office at around 11am and attacked him with a knife for the “delay caused in his return to Nepal”
. “When he entered my office, I was working. He shut the door and started attacking me,” Sharma told the Post. A special team of Saudi police deployed for the embassy’s security broke open the door and rescued Sharma. “We came to know about the incident after Sharma cried for help. A serious incident was verted due to timely intervention,” said an official at the embassy. Police immediately rushed him to King Faisal Hospital. “He has received a deep cut injury on his shoulder and is out of danger. He might be discharged today itself,” the official added.