Friday, March 28, 2008

Saudi Arabia: Man Beheads 15-Month-Old Nephew In Front Of His Mother In Jeddah Supermarket

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JEDDAH, 3 March 2008Early morning shoppers at a supermarket in Jeddah were left reeling yesterday, with some falling unconscious, after a well-built Syrian man clinched a knife and decapitated his 15-month-old nephew in front of his mother in the store’s fruit and vegetable section.


In a brutal murder that has shocked the city, the 25-year-old man beheaded the boy, who was out shopping with his mother — in full glare of shoppers and staff at Al-Marhaba supermarket on Sari Street around 9.30 a.m. The man, who is the boy’s maternal uncle, apparently killed the boy following a dispute with his sister and brother-in-law.


Eyewitnesses said that the man picked up a knife from inside the store and severed the boy’s head. The mother and a shopper standing close by fainted, while several other stood in shock and disbelief over what had happened.


A police officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Arab News, ‘The murderer was in a dispute with the boy’s mother and her husband. He chopped off the boy’s head in front of the mother to get back at her.’ He added that the mother has been left traumatized and is in hospital. The boy’s father was at work at the time of the incident.


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