Burglary incident vol 3! Safety IS an issue on KAUST campus!

When we first moved here, KAUST campus was a safe place, almost as safe as New England! We didn't need to lock our doors and we could easily let maintenance people/caretakers in while we are not present. Good, old days...

Recently, our community members received an e-mail from the victim of the 3rd burglary incident within the past 6 months!

First one was a student, who locked the sliding balcony door of his room, but when he was out somebody opened the door using force and stole his electronics (~ 1000$ worth he says). Of course he immediately reported the incident to the campus security, but they couldn't find the person who broke in! Apparently those surveillance cameras everywhere are for ornamental purposes!!

Incident number 2 happened right after the first one. This time victim was a family living in a townhouse. Around 2 AM she heard some noise, and went out to check in the dark. She started screaming when she saw the silhouette of the burglar. Then he (the burglar) hit her and ran down the stairs to go out of the house. Her husband woke up, they called the security, etc etc... They finally caught him who turns out to be a plumber at KAUST! You know, the kind that we welcome to our houses without having trust issues! I do not know what happened to the guy, hope he got the punishment he deserved.

The last incident happened 2 days ago to another family who lives in a townhouse, also. This time, burglar didn't enter from the front door or the balcony door... The entrance was done from the roof! Thanks to the victim's e-mail, we learned that our roof entrance locks might be broken by these nasty people!

Such a shame for KAUST that the campus is becoming so unsafe. You cannot let your child play out anymore. You are not safe even you lock every single door in the house, since KAUST burglars know their ways from the roof or maybe from other secret passages only they know!!! 

Only thing I can say is please stay safe fellow residents...