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Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss television TSR (Fre) late Thursday carried an update which raises more questions concerning the much-publicized story of a Saudi tourist who was badly injured and then robbed in Geneva, appearing to give credence to initial police reports that the man had not been randomly attacked, but had fallen. The report notes that the man had spent several thousand francs in a rue du Rhone  discotheque in the centre of Geneva during the evening, was witnessed by several people to be drunk and aggressive, and he had possibly been involved in a fight.

This is a version of events suggested  Thursday morning by Le Matin, which in an earlier article provides several details that have not been confirmed, but which the Tribune de Geneve says Friday morning its sources now appear to back up. The man appears to have been hit by a witness who has disappeared and he was robbed by another man, who has been questioned by police, according to the Geneva newspaper. Events in front of the discotheque were filmed by a surveillance camera. The film is in the hands of the judge investigating the case and there is no official confirmation of any of the information. The man’s lawyer told the Tribune that they can neither refute nor accept this version of the story for now.