Man raids psychiatry hospital with sword

An angry Saudi man wielding a sword stormed a psychiatry hospital in the Gulf Kingdom and threatened employees and patients in search for a presumed enemy, local newspapers reported on Monday.

The 43-year-old man, who was not named, smashed chairs and medical tools as he pushed his way through the outpatient clinics to the main hall of the hospital in the eastern Red Sea port of Jeddah.

“The man said he was looking for an employee and threatened any one who comes close to hit him with the sword,” Alyoum daily said.

Hospital security men and workers tried to calm him down but he wielded the sword in their face before he left the hospital without finding his target.

Police later tracked down the man and arrested him.