Saudi authorities have denied reports that a suicide bomber was arrested at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, saying a man had instead been detained for harassing passersby and causing panic.

According to a statement cited by Anadolu Agency, security authorities in the holy capital arrested the man and "dealt with" the situation immediately. Authorities said there was "no truth" to claims circulating about the incident, without providing further details about the suspect.

Earlier social media claims alleged that a man wearing an explosive vest had approached the Kaaba before being apprehended by security personnel. Saudi authorities rejected those claims.

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Personally I think this qas a false flag meant to be pinned on Yemen, but it failed so spectacularly that the Saudis are back tracking.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wonder if Dubaiair copilot attack is false flag?

[–] Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I personally think it is. Many things about it just seem suspicious.

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 week ago

Apparently there are issues with the videos that are being claimed to be from the flight. Things like glasses of water still half full after a 15,000 foot drop, 100% scrubbed meta data on the videos.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 8 points 1 week ago

That was my first instinct, but realpolitik is confusing by design.

[–] GreatSquare@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 week ago

Israel is buying their false flags from Temu now because that incident has zero terrorism rizz.

Why the fuck couldn't the suspect wait until he's a few thousand feet above Tel Aviv, THEIR PLANNED DESTINATION, before stabbing the pilot and putting the plane into a dive?

Instead he does it when they're at 35k ft and in the middle of nowhere. 🤔