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19 March 2024

Maid kills child by pushing stick in back

Mohammed Al Balwi (Supplied)

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An Ethiopian housemaid pushed a 20-cm stick inside the rear of a five-year-old Saudi boy then strangled him to ensure he was dead before locking him in a wooden box just next to his house in the Gulf Kingdom, newspapers said on Wednesday.

The 19-year-old maid, who was arrested a few hours later, confessed to murdering her employer’s son, Mohammed Al Balwi, in the northwestern Saudi town of Tabuk and said she committed the crime after she was enraged when the boy threw a stone at her.

Police searching for the boy after his absence was reported by his family found him dead inside a small wooden box near his house.

The boy was rushed to hospital but was already dead and doctors said he had been beaten and strangled. They also told the police that the boy lost much blood through his rectum after a 20-cm stick was pushed into his back.

“He had many bruises on his body… he also lost much blood while he was locked in the box… the maid told the police that she strangled him after he started to scream,” the Arabic language daily Sabq said.

The paper quoted his father as saying the family had treated the maid nicely and that she had been with them for nearly 18 months.“She prays and fasts and we have treated her very nicely… it was not the first time that we left Mohammed with her… we have liked and trusted her,” he said.