Riyadh: A Saudi woman whose car was torched in the governorate of Al-Jumoom had been offered a new car.
Mecca Municipal Council Vice Chairman Fahd Al-Ruqi received Salma Sherif and handed her a new car in a move which won praise by social media users.
A video and photos posted on social media websites showed her receiving her new car, in the company of her elderly father.
Mecca Municipal Council Vice Chairman Fahd Al-Ruqi and promised to offer her a new car.
Saudi police arrested the arsonist who set Salma's car on fire in Al-Samad only a week after the kingdom lifted a ban on female motorists.
Salma, a 31-year-old cashier based near Mecca, said her car had been deliberately set alight this week by men "opposed to women drivers".