Man saves brother from committing suicide

Two Saudi brothers stopped at a petrol station in the Gulf Kingdom for a coffee before one of them said he was going to the toilet. When he was late, his suspicious brother rushed after him and found him hanging.

“He jumped on him instantly and cut untied the head cover which his brother has used to hang himself,” Sada newspaper said.

It said the man, in his 40s, was rushed to hospital in the northwestern town of Sakakah and that his condition has improved. It quoted police as saying they would soon interrogate the man to know his motives for trying to end his life.