His ex-wife, who had apparently filmed the incident from her mobile phone, filed the complaint, Al-Madinah reported. The footage shows police officers preventing the angry father from attacking his son while he was sitting inside the police station.

The mother also filed an official complaint with the National Society for Human Rights.

She said she came with her children to the station in response to a police order allowing the father custody. According to the woman, her ex-husband had not seen his children nor asked about them for two years.

The children refused to go with their father and instead of showing them love he attacked his son.

According to the mother, the youngsters were crying and frightened after the father’s attack. In her complaint the mother demanded her children were protected from her ex-husband.