Security personnel of an electric company in Saudi Arabia shot and killed a Filipino overseas worker after reportedly stabbing his Saudi manager and a Pakistani fellow worker.
The incident happened in Farasan Island, Saudi Arabia, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
“We have been informed that an overseas Filipino worker in Saudi Arabia was shot and killed after allegedly stabbing to death his Saudi manager and a Pakistani coworker and wounding several others on Wednesday afternoon,” the DFA report said.
Initial reports from the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah said Farasan Island is some 50 kilometers offshore from the southern city of Jizan.
Consul General Edgar Badajos said that based on initial reports, the Filipino allegedly first stabbed the Pakistani after an argument and later on stabbed the Saudi manager and several other coworkers when they tried to intervene.
Badajos said security personnel of the company immediately responded and shot and killed the Filipino OFW.
He said a team from the Consulate is being dispatched to Jizan, located more than 600 kilometers from Jeddah, to gather more information about the incident and assist in repatriating the remains of the Filipino, whose identify is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.