Autistic child stabbed to death in Saudi

A six-year-old Saudi autistic girl was found dead after she was stabbed with a knife by unknown assailants, newspapers reported on Thursday.

They quoted police as saying the girl was found dead near her home in the Western Red Sea port of Jeddah and that they have arrested a number of suspects.

“We are questioning them…we want to know the motive for killing such an innocent girl,” said Colonel Ati Al Qirshi, Makkah police spokesman.