RIYADH – Public security officials Friday apprehended a man who attemptedto attack Sheikh Baleelah who was delivering the sermon before Fridayprayer at the Kaaba.

In the viral clip of the incident, on-duty guards can be seen nailing theman and handed him over to the personnel concerned. A spokesman for thepolice while speaking with Arab news told that the state law will take itscourse.

A statement issued by the official Twitter handle of Haramain Sharifainstated ‘An incident took place earlier today when a man in Ihram attemptedto enter the minbar of Masjid Al Haram, Makkah while Sheikh Baleelah wasdelivering the Khutbah, the man was apprehended by Public SecurityOfficials immediately and has been taken into custody’.

Reports suggest that the attacker, donning the ihram, was carrying a handweapon while charging toward the pulpit from where the Imam was deliveringhis sermon.

This is not the first incident as a knife-wielding man chanting slogans ofterror outfits was detained last month in the Grand Mosque.