The human rights advocate and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkol Karman has offered deep condolences to the Saudi preacher Sheikh Salman al-Awdah for the death of his wife and son in a traffic accident.

Al-Awdah’s wife and son lost their lives on Wednesday evening as a result of a road traffic accident in Riyadh.

In a condolence letter published today on her official Facebook account, Mrs. Karman wrote to say, “I express my deepest condolences for the death of your wife and her niece and your son in a painful traffic accident,” praying to Allah’s mercy on their souls.