Posted on 03/03/2008 9:21:43 PM PST by mylife
Man Butchers 15-Month-Old Nephew in Jeddah Supermarket Samir Al-Saadi, Arab News
JEDDAH, 3 March 2008 — Early morning shoppers at a supermarket in Jeddah were left reeling yesterday, with some falling unconscious, after a well-built Syrian man clinched a knife and decapitated his 15-month-old nephew in front of his mother in the store’s fruit and vegetable section.
In a brutal murder that has shocked the city, the 25-year-old man beheaded the boy, who was out shopping with his mother — in full glare of shoppers and staff at Al-Marhaba supermarket on Sari Street around 9.30 a.m. The man, who is the boy’s maternal uncle, apparently killed the boy following a dispute with his sister and brother-in-law.
Eyewitnesses said that the man picked up a knife from inside the store and severed the boy’s head. The mother and a shopper standing close by fainted, while several other stood in shock and disbelief over what had happened.
A police officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Arab News, “The murderer was in a dispute with the boy’s mother and her husband. He chopped off the boy’s head in front of the mother to get back at her.” He added that the mother has been left traumatized and is in hospital. The boy’s father was at work at the time of the incident.
Following the murder, police sealed off the supermarket while forensic experts gathered evidence. Ambulances were also called to the scene. The supermarket reopened for business at around 1.15 p.m. “It happened so quickly. Before people could intervene, the man had cut more than half way through the child’s neck,” said Abu Muhammad, a grandfather in his mid-60s.
A Saudi till attendant at a nearby cafe said, “One of my colleagues went to see what was going on and returned shivering. He saw the kid’s body and so we gave him the day off. He was in a bad state.”
An eyewitness, who lives in the neighborhood, said that the victim’s family lived close by and frequented the supermarket. “I’ve seen the murderer carrying the same child and playing with him on a number of occasions,” he added.
“No one could bear the gruesome sight of the boy’s decapitated body lying on the floor,” said Muneer, a Turkish car mechanic, who works at a garage close by. “How could someone do such a thing? I just can’t understand it... I still can’t believe it,” he said, shaking his head.
When the store reopened, employees were still in a state of shock. A guard, standing at the entrance, stood frozen and oblivious to the rush of shoppers. Pain and anguish were writ large on his face.
True, but we don’t teach genocide in school and we don’t encourage kids to blow themselves up to get to heaven - not yet anyway.
One difference is that this method of dispatch seems rooted in their very religion. they are obsessed with beheading
I'm sure he would feel and react just as horrified as we are. The man is a Christian, and he has young daughters. I'll cut him some slack for being human.
I'd really like to hear him denounce the Religion of Mindless Bloodshed in no uncertain terms, though.
The Devil is in the world.
“Throwing 3 babies off a bridge?”
That was a foreigner that did that to his own family, Chinese I believe, or something Asian.
And we are appalled at the death of innocents
lets hear the man talk.
Viet
Clean up in produce.
What are you talking about? Children in this country are murdered all the time - being Muslim has nothing to do with it.
“Viet”
Thanks. Couldn’t remember, sign of creeping age doing a trip on me, lol!
When was the last time you saw children killed in the USA purely to HURT the offending party?
A slaughter of the innocent as a weapon to hurt the transgressor?
What I would call terrorism?
These people have issues. Issues rooted in Islam
I gotta trip on off to bed
remember....”all cultures are the same”
Americans are obsessed with drive-by shootings. I'm not defending radical Islam. I'm trying to tamp down mindless arrogance. It's ugly.
Muslims are obsessed with decapitating people.
I got lots of guns and knives. I aint cappin anyone
muslims are dogs.
I don’t want to sound cold...but this happens all the time here in the US...what’s the difference between cutting the head or throwing a kid off a bridge...or shooting him in the head...My point is the righteous indignation is a bit over the top. Americans do it too.
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