Wannabe Romeo
Wannabe Romeo’s courting bid turns bloody in Saudi Arabia
MADINAH: It could well be a scene from the Shakespearean drama “Romeo and Juliet.” Only, it needs to be fast-forwarded to a Madinah mall, where a wannabe “Romeo” triggered a fight between two families.
But the curtain was brought down on this modern-day lover boy’s act before it turned into another tragedy like in the play where the deaths of the two young “star-crossed lovers” ultimately unite their feuding families.
The stage: A fast food restaurant in Madinah. The scene: Enter left, the teen with his family with the family of the girl already inside. The action: The boy begins to court the girl and her family takes exception. Bloody action: It was at this cue that blood began to flow, Okaz reported Friday.
It said a lot of blood was shed during the fighting in which men, women and young children from the two families participated. The newspaper said cutters, Eqals (head rope) and chairs were used freely in the ensuing free-for-all, which was only stopped by 13 police patrols.
The trigger: The girl’s family was only trying to talk to the boy and reprimand him on his unacceptable behavior when his family intervened in his support and the bloody brawl started.
The moral: The spokesman of the Madinah police Col. Fahd Al-Ghannam said all involved in the fighting were taken to the police station. Not necessarily the end.
Source: Arab News
It would have been better if it was a food fight, the tomato sauce would have been flowing freely. Imagine being caught in the ear by a Big Mac.
i wud have loved to see a piece of tht action........
(shouting out loud!) allright everybody...50 riyals for the big mama, lemme see ur bets..comon people dont be shy....100 riyals for the angry dad with the big beard.....!!!