Saudi school terrorized by cat-sized rats

Rats as big as cats are wreaking havoc at Saudi female school, pushing teachers and school children to stay away from toilets and other places where the massive rodents are believed to live.

The rats appear to have developed a sort of immunity to poison as they are still settling in the school in the southern town of Khamis Mushait although it has been sprayed by the municipality many times, according to Sabq newspaper.

“These rats are so big that they are causing panic and horror among the female teachers and school children,” the paper said.

“The teachers said the rats are as big as cats and some of them are even bigger…they have infested the school for over seven years and most of the teachers and students are scared to go the bathroom which appear to be a base for those rats.”

The paper said the manager had sent a fresh letter to education authorities to end the ordeal of the nearly 170 students and teachers at the three-storey school.

It quoted a school child’s father as saying his daughter once brought home a rat from the school. “I thought she was carrying a cat.”