The Saudi attacked his wife during a domestic dispute, said Capt. Abdullah Al-Qarni, spokesman for Jazan police. “The man was arrested and handed over to the concerned officials for questioning.”

The woman, named Wafa, is now calling on the authorities to punish her husband, a local newspaper reported.

Wafa said she married her husband 10 years ago and that they have three sons together. “My husband has done nothing to legalize our marriage and the status of our children. We don’t even have proper identity cards,” she said.

Wafa claimed that her husband has been torturing her for several years. “He’s been troubling me for years and not shown any leniency to me even though I am the mother of his three sons. I eventually ran away and took shelter at a relative’s home where I looked after my aged father,” she said.

“After this, I received threatening calls from him saying he would inform the authorities to deport me and my family to Yemen. Fearing the worst for my sick father and other family members, I felt compelled to return to him. He then attacked me by pouring acid on my body,” she said, adding that this happened before Ramadan.

“I returned home after receiving treatment in hospital for burns, he threatened to attack me again. On the day of Arafat, he tried to pour Clorox bleach on me. I managed to escape at night and lodged a complaint with the police who arrested him,” she said.

“After spending a few days in jail, he was released. He then sent me an SMS about divorce,” she added.

Wafa is now calling on the authorities to punish him for the pain he has subjected her to.