The day began like any other in Riyadh’s Al-Olayya district. The sun beat down on a construction site, where the rhythmic clang of a pickaxe striking dirt was the only sound. Then, a peculiar discovery broke the monotony. A worker, Mahmoud Al-Zahrani, was digging the foundation for a new building when his tool struck something soft yet strangely resistant. It wasn’t rock or debris; it was a scrap of dark blue fabric, barely visible beneath the soil. As he knelt to investigate, a small, metallic object glinted in the sunlight. His heart sank when he realized what it was: a police badge.
The Badge of Truth: How a Buried Uniform Uncovered a Decades-Old Conspiracy and Brought a Killer to Justice The day began like any other in […]