3,000 lashes for chopping off sister’s hand

A Saudi man will be lashed 3,000 times and jailed for 10 years after he used an axe to chop off his sister’s hand during a fight, a local daily reported Saturday.

The man, in his 20s, attacked his sister and her husband with a knife and an axe at their home in the northern town of Hafr Al Batin following an argument, Al Jazira Arabic language newspaper said.

He chopped off his sister’s hand with the axe and stabbed her and the husband, who were taken to hospital.

The court sentenced him to 10 years in prison and 3,000 lashes with the whip.