Death for raping woman in front of her daughter

Four men in Saudi Arabia could be executed after they were charged of raping an expatriate woman in front of her six-year-old daughter and threatening to kill both, a newspaper in the Gulf Kingdom reported on Saturday.

The two Saudis, one Yemeni and a Somali could not deny their crime after they used their mobile phones to film the rape at the victim’s house in the western Red Sea port of Jeddah, Okaz Arabic language daily said.

The unnamed woman had phoned her husband at work telling him she heard a noise outside the house before she opened the door and came face to face with the four, who were armed with knives and axes.

Three of them pushed the woman into the house and raped her in front of her daughter. After filming the rape, they threatened to come back and kill the woman and her daughter if she reports the incident.

After obtaining sketches of the four from the victim, police seized one of them a few hours later. The remaining three were arrested with the help of that one.

“The prosecution is demanding the death penalty against the four for raping the woman and threatening to kill her and her daughter,” Okaz said.

“Evidence was found in their mobile phones….three of them raped the woman while the fourth covered up their crime and did not report it.”

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