JEDDAH — A Saudi grandmother drowned in a swimming pool while trying to rescue her granddaughter, Okaz reported on Monday. The tragic incident took place in a rest house in Sakaka city in northwestern Saudi Arabia. According to the family, the woman named Sarah Al-Alimi saw her granddaughter fall into the pool, she immediately swung into action in a bid to save her, and in the process the woman fell and drowned. Her son Abdullah bin Musa Al Nusiri told Okaz that his mother was alarmed when she noticed her granddaughter had advanced to the deep part of the pool and lost control. “She threw herself into the waters to save her from falling to the bottom of the pool. She in fact saved her granddaughter from drowning but she drowned, may God have mercy on her, forgive her and make her a martyr,” the son said. He added the deceased was old and did not have any swimming experience. — SG