Employee shot dead over sandwich order

An employee at a fast-food restaurant died on Saturday after he was shot in the back by a disgruntled customer. A source from Riyadh Police said an expatriate had called the police to report that their co-worker had been shot.

“The police showed up to the scene to find the expatriate had been shot and blood was pooling from his body. The victim was taken to the hospital but he had already passed away. The police looked at the surveillance camera footage and was able to identify the customer,” the source said.

“Some witnesses say the worker had delayed the customer’s order, which aggravated him,” they said.

A video posted on social media showed the customer verbally assaulting and fighting with the employees before he left the restaurant and returned with a gun and shot the worker while his back was turned and he was on his phone.

The source said the customer was a man in his 30s and that the police later managed to arrest him.

The video has sparked a hashtag on social media calling for the death of the customer for the reckless crime.

The incident is reminiscent of another that took place in 2014 when a mentally disabled Saudi man stabbed a worker at a grocery store 54 times and killed him in front of a large crowd of people.

“The incident sparked another hashtag to prevent people from paying the blood money of the man, calling for the death penalty for such a cruel crime,” the source said. - Saudi Gazette