MAKKAH, 27 August 2005 — A Saudi father who made headlines last December after he assaulted his daughter has been murdered, Al-Watan newspaper reported yesterday. An employee of the man killed him following a heated argument over salary payment.
Police in Makkah used DNA tests to identify the body and confirmed that it belongs to the 50-year-old Saudi. The worker killed the man and buried him in Al-Otaibiya neighborhood of Makkah before fleeing to Yemen.
The Yemeni worker was arrested and handed over to the Saudi authorities by Interpol. He confessed to putting sleeping pills in the drink of the Saudi man before killing him and burying him.
The Yemeni was among three wanted criminals — two Yemenis and an Egyptian — handed over to the Kingdom by Interpol.
The man made headlines last December when he was arrested on charges of raping and physically torturing his daughter by burning her in sensitive areas of her body.
The wife of the dead Saudi said her husband was very difficult to live with and was always on drugs and alcohol. “He was accused of raping his daughter and sentenced to 30 months in prison and 350 lashes. He only spent four months in jail. ... I discovered my daughter’s tragedy when she began to complain about pain,” she said.
“I do not feel sorry that he is dead and I think his punishment came from God,” she added.
