JAZAN: A 15-year-old Saudi boy was dead on Saturday after being beaten with an iron rod inside the family home in Radees village, in the north of Abu Areesh in the Jazan province. Police have not named a suspect but have taken the father into custody and sent the boy’s body to the Abu Areesh General Hospital for forensic tests.

Jazan Police spokesman Lt. Col. Abdulrahman Al-Zahrani said the Jazan police center received a report about the death of a teenager after being beaten by his father.

“Jazan police immediately moved with a team of criminal investigation experts and the criminal detective members and found that the young man had been brought dead to Thamad Hospital with no visible signs of injuries. The body of the young man was examined by the forensic doctor at the hospital to find the cause of the death,” said Al-Zahrani.

He added that the father was taken into police custody and the case will be referred to the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution.