Maid tries to kill housewife

JEDDAH, 7 July  — A housemaid in Baqaa tried to kill the wife and children of her sponsor while the latter was asleep, Al-Riyadh Arabic newspaper reported yesterday. The man, woke up by screams of his wife and children, saw the Indonesian maid lunging on his wife, the paper said. He overpowered the woman and handed her over to the police. The maid, suspected to be mentally disoriented, is receiving treatment at the Baqaa public hospital. She will be deported after recovery. (AN)