A videograb of the classroom fight.

Gulf Today Report

The Saudi Police have opened an urgent investigation into the death of a student during a fight in a school in the Makkah region.

The Jeddah city police had received a report of a fight between two 15-year-old students in a middle school classroom, which resulted in the death of one of them.

The initial procedures in the incident were completed and referred to the competent authorities in the Kingdom.

The users of the social networking site "Twitter" circulated videos of the incident, which sparked a state of widespread anger in the Kingdom, especially after the death of a student was confirmed as a result of that fight.

According to the videos circulating on social media, the quarrel erupted inside the classroom, and the other students gathered between the two students to try to stop them.

According to the clip  one of quarreling student suddenly fell to the ground, school authorities and paramedics confirmed his death.