Saudi embassy in UK working with local authorities after fatal stabbing of student from Kingdom
Officers responding to reports of violence in the Mill Park area of the city shortly before midnight on Friday found 20-year-old Mohammed Al-Qasim with serious injuries. He died at the scene soon after.
Local police arrested two men from Cambridge on Sunday in connection with his death: a 21-year-old man on suspicion of murder, and a 50-year-old man on suspicion of assisting an offender. Both remain in police custody, Cambridgeshire Police confirmed.
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The incident is being treated as an 'unprovoked attack,' police said on Monday. Al-Qasim was studying at a language school in the city on a 10-week placement, they added.
The Saudi embassy said it was following up on an assault on a Saudi citizen that led to his death, and continues to liaise with UK agencies to discover the full circumstances surrounding the incident and to facilitate the repatriation of the victim's body to Saudi Arabia.
'The embassy and all its staff extend their sincere condolences and sympathy to the family of the deceased,' it added.
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