JEDDAH, Sep 27 (Arab News): Two Chadian and one Saudi, aged between 19 and 21, were arrested for raping a 26-year-old Yemeni woman. The incident happened in Jeddah’s Jamia District on Friday according to police reports.
“They broke into the house in order to steal but when they saw the young lady alone with her blind mother, they raped her,” said First Lt. Nawaf Al-Bouq of Jeddah police. “All this happened in front of her blind mother with one of the rapists holding a knife down the girl’s throat and threatening to kill her mother if she did not acquiesce,” he added.
The house does not have a lock on the door and is closed with a sofa to secure the door, according to her older sister. “We live in a very poor neighborhood with me, my children and my blind mother,” said Um Khalid, the victim’s older sister. “We rely on social security for our income. Following this incident we have now moved from the house to my friend’s house for now,” she added.
“After the incident, my sister called the police and provided them with accurate descriptions, stressing that their leader was short and skinny. The police quickly rounded up the suspects and called her to identify the three men,” said Um Khalid.
The police said that the three men were under the influence of alcohol. After they admitted to their crime their case was transferred to the Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution.