Jeddah, Apr 10: A young Saudi man died and another was seriously injured when a bloody fighting erupted between groups of youth involved in the dangerous game of drifting in Al-Kharj, about 80 km south of Riyadh.
The fighting took place in King Saud Street on Wednesday evening, according to the Al-Arabiya website.
The news channel said the victim died of a bullet wound, while the injured man sustained stab wounds on different parts of his body.
The incident took place while a large number of youth were watching car stunts in the street.
Sulaiman Al-Aqeel, a professor of social science at King Saud University, said drifting has become a major problem in Saudi society and urged authorities to take strong measures to stop such destructive activities.
“Saudis learned such stunts after interacting with other societies,” he said, adding that youth must be encouraged to make use of their free time to engage in constructive activity.
“We have to conduct interesting and informative programs for our youth to use their free time wisely to deter them from engaging in bad habits such as drifting, drug abuse and other crimes.”
Al-Aqeel said several studies have been conducted on these social issues and that recommendations should be implemented to resolve negative phenomena.
The Social Affairs Ministry and other ministries should address these issues before they become more complicated and claim more lives.
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