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29 March 2024

Baby dropped in water tank by couple dies

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An 18-month-old Saudi girl who went missing while playing in front of her house in the Gulf kingdom was found dead in an empty water tank after she was dumped there by neighbours, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

The girl’s parents reported her absence to the police after they could not find her outside the house in the southern town of Majardah.

They told police investigators that they suspect the man and his wife living next door and asked them to search their house.

“During interrogation, the man and his wife confessed to picking the girl and dumping her in the tank,” Sharq daily said.

“When police opened the tank, they found the girl dead…they are still questioning the couple to know their motives for this heinous murder.”