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19 March 2024

Man kills ageing dad, gouges eye

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A Saudi killed his ageing father by beating him with a metal bar on the head and other parts of his body before gouging his eye.

The man waited for his father, in his 90s, to leave the mosque after dawn prayers before he hit him on the back of head, knocking him unconscious. He then hit him many times on the head and other parts of his body.

Police said the old man died in hospital a few days later after losing one eye and suffering from fractures and internal hemorrhage.

“The son fled to Yemen but authorities there arrested him and handed him to the Saudi police,” Sabq daily said, adding that police are questioning him on his motives.

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