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28 March 2024

Two housemaids burn employer's child with hot iron

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Two Ethiopian housemaids have been accused by their Saudi employer of using a hot iron to burn his little son’s genitals, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Police arrested the two maids, who denied the charges and said the child is suffering from an allergy, the Arabic language daily 'Sabq' said.

“The child went into a crying fit and when his mother saw him, they told her that he has allergy,” the paper said in a report from the northeastern Saudi town of Hafr Al Batin.

The paper, which did not mention the child’s age, police were awaiting medical examination results before charging the two maids and sending them to court.