Woman dies on learning of husband’s death

A Saudi woman dropped dead after she was told her husband was killed in a road accident in the Gulf kingdom, a newspaper said on Sunday.

The husband was driving back home in the central town of Unaizah with his son and daughter when he rammed into a truck on the road. He died on the spot while his children were rushed to hospital with injuries.

“Upon hearing the news that her husband died in the accident, his wife had a shock and her heart stopped…she was rushed to hospital but was already dead,” the Arabic language daily Sabq said.

8 years for man who pimped for his wife
 
A Saudi court sentenced a man to eight years in jail and ordered his lashed 1,000 times after he was found guilty of pimping for his wife.

The court in the Western Red Sea port of Jeddah ordered the unnamed defendant lashed in batches in a public place despite his denial of the charges.

The man was convicted of soliciting customers for his wife in exchange for money through social networks, according to Sada newspaper.
 

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