Housemaid arrested for attempting to murder housewife and daughters

JAZAN — Police arrested an Ethiopian housemaid in Jazan on Friday for attempting to murder a Saudi housewife and her two young daughters. Jazan Police said they received a call from neighbors saying the housemaid physically assaulted the woman of the house she worked in and her two daughters who are aged 9 and 6. The woman continuously banged her victims' heads against the wall in an attempt to kill them. Hearing their cries, neighbors barged in and saved the mother and her daughters. The neighbors took the victims to hospital in an unconscious state. They had sustained fractures in their skulls as well as several injuries in their bodies. The housemaid tried to escape from the scene but she was caught and arrested a few meters away from the house. She was charged with attempted murder and handed over to the pertinent authorities.