Saudi student stabbed to death by woman in US
Philadelphia Police charge suspect with murder, robbery, burglary and theft
A25-year-old Saudi scholarship student has been killed in the US after being stabbed to death by a woman inside his residential building, Okaz newspaper reported.
The crime took place on January 23, around 11:50am inside a home on the 300 block of Hansberry Street in Germantown, Philadelphia. Police said that officers found Al Walid Al Gharibi suffering a stab wound to the neck in the third-floor bathroom. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Philadelphia police offered a reward of $20,000 for those providing information leading to the arrest and conviction of the fugitive suspect Nicole Marie Rodgers, 19, from Columbus, Georgia. The police charged the woman with murder, robbery, burglary, and theft.
Two months remaining
The student was nearing the end of his scholarship programme, with only two months left until graduation
before returning home. It was discovered that the suspected killer stole the student’s mobile phone and other possessions before fleeing the scene.
The police reported that the suspect may be driving a black 2017 Kia Sorento with the Georgia license plate number CUS-1413. They did not provide any information about the motive for the crime or if the suspect knew the victim. The police urged anyone with information about the suspect to come forward.
The uncle of the victim provided additional details about the crime. He told Okaz that the suspect was a neighbour of the victim, living in the apartment opposite his. He also stated that the body of the student was found in the bathroom of the suspect’s apartment.