Body unearthed in killer’s garden in Saudi

An old Saudi man stumbled across a body as he was planting his back garden in the Gulf Kingdom. Investigation later showed his son killed the man seven months ago.

The father told police he had found a skeleton in his back garden in the western Saudi town of Makkah as he was digging earth for planting.

Police identified the dead man who went missing nearly seven months ago, according to the Arabic language daily Sabq.

“Police questioning the old man’s son proved that he murdered that man and buried him in the back garden…the 20-year-old son was arrested.”

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