Baby left with dead mum for one day

A two-month-old Ethiopian boy narrowly escaped death when his 24-year-old mother died of heart attack at her house in Saudi Arabia and was left alone with her body for nearly 24 hours before his father returned home.

The mother collapsed and died after having a sudden heart attack while she was on her own with her baby at their house in the Western Red Sea port of Jeddah.

“His father was away for work…when he returned the next day, he got a dual shock when he saw his wife dead and his son crying of hunger,” Sabq daily said.

“The baby was in a bad condition and was taken to hospital while police are investigating the incident.”

No kidding: Angry wife smashes ex-hubby's car

A woman went to her ex-husband’s house in Fujairah to see her children but he refused to let her in. After giving up, she rushed out and smashed his car glass.

Although such an act appeared to have dampened her anger, it was not without a price as the woman was ordered by court to pay Dh1,000 fine.

When questioned by the police before going to court, the unidentified woman admitted she used a rock to smash her ex-husband’s car glass after he refused to let her see her children. Alkhaleej newspaper, which carried the report, did not say whether the court reached a settlement between the couple to prevent any fresh attack on the man’s car.

Mother kills girl with acid for looking at a boy

A Pakistani mother who killed her teenage daughter by dousing her with acid for looking at a boy has told the BBC it was the girl's destiny to die in this way.

Police in Pakistan-administered Kashmir arrested Mohammad Zafar and his wife Zaheen for the October 29 attack on their daughter Anusha, 15, who died in hospital two days later after suffering horrific acid burns.

So-called "honour" attacks are common in deeply conservative Pakistan. Rights activists say more than 900 women were murdered last year after being accused of bringing shame on the family in some way.

Speaking from their police cells, the father told the BBC they had warned Anusha before about looking at boys, while the mother described how her daughter had begged for forgiveness.

"She said, 'I didn't do it on purpose, I won't do it again," the mother, whose own arm bore an injury from the acid, told the BBC.

"By then I had thrown the acid. It was her destiny to die this way."

The parents waited two days to take Anusha to hospital. A doctor said the teenager arrived in a "very critical condition" with almost 70 per cent burns.
 

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