Saudi restaurant shut for serving 'unknown' meat

Saudi authorities shut a restaurant after finding out it served meat which does not belong to any known livestock, a newspaper reported.

A customer who had a meal at the Yemeni restaurant in the western Saudi town of Laith reported it to authorities after finding strange bones in his dish.

“When the customer told the owner about the strange bones, he tried to give him SR500 bribe to have the bones back,” Sabq newspaper said.

“Health authorities then raided the restaurant and found that the bones and some meat do not belong to livestock.

A large quantity of other meat was also found unfit for human consumption,” it added without specifying which to animals the bones belong.