Today’s Brutal Yet Truly Morbid Fact!
Early morning shoppers at a supermarket in Jeddah were left reeling on March 2, 2008, 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.
Culled from: Samir Al-Saadi
Generously submitted by: Katchaya
That’s really rude to do that sort of thing in front of the fruit and vegetable section. Think of all the vegetarians he may have grossed out! Decapitating babies should only ever be done in front of the meat section. Sheesh.
And that’s yet another good reason why you need to be vigilant about washing your produce before you eat it. As if the idea of your trendy arugula being sprayed with human waste wasn’t enough incentive.
Man, this story is enough to make you cry Uncle!
*rim shot*