Ashwaq Al-Twairqi Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH – The Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution (BIP) sent the Saudi woman who attacked Hai'a members and spit on them to a women's prison in Makkah. The incident started when a security guard at a mall near the Grand Mosque reported to the Hai'a the improper actions of two girls walking alone. Hai'a members approached the two girls who were acting inappropriately inside the mall and tried to advise them against such actions. When Hai'a members asked them to leave the mall if they had finished shopping, both girls refused to listen to their advice and decided to call their mother. When the mother arrived at the mall, she used inappropriate language with the Hai'a members and spit on their faces and tried to throw her shoes at them. Police officers were called to the scene and a female prison officer arrested the woman and her two daughters. At this point, the father showed up and attacked the Hai'a members. They were all arrested and referred to Ajiad Police Station where the mother was referred to the BIP and later to prison while the two girls were released on condition that their father would bring them back for questioning later. They will have to go the BIP and then be referred to the relevant court where they will be sentenced. Hafsa Shuaib, director of Girls' Welfare Center in Makkah, said the two girls were not committed to the center as some websites had claimed and confirmed that they had been released by police. Abdul Rahman Al-Jabri, spokesman for the Hai'a branch in Makkah, refused to comment and said only the BIP is authorized to answer questions regarding cases.
