Pictured: Six-year-old boy who was dragged from a taxi and beheaded 'with a shard of glass' in front of his screaming mother in Saudi Arabia

Zakaria Al-Jaber was reportedly killed by a taxi driver in Medina, Saudi Arabia

Shia Rights Watch have claimed the beheading was an act of sectarian violence

Group have said mother was asked if she was Shia moments before attack

By TIM STICKINGS and DIANNE APEN-SADLER FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 09:34 GMT, 10 February 2019 | UPDATED: 09:34 GMT, 10 February 2019

The first pictures have emerged of a six-year-old boy who was beheaded with a shard of glass in front of his screaming mother in Saudi Arabia.

Zakaria Al-Jaber was in a taxi with his mother, on their way to the shrine of the Prophet Muhammad in Medina, when a car drove up and the boy was dragged out.

The taxi driver reportedly dragged the boy towards a coffee shop in the Al-Tilal area before smashing a glass bottle and slitting his throat.

The attacker slit the six-year-old's throat with a shard of glass before stabbing him repeatedly as both his mother and a nearby police officer attempted to stop the brutal attack, TMV reported.

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