A five-year-old girl has died after her father – a ‘prominent
religious scholar’ – allegedly beat her to death with ‘whips and hot
metal’.Lamaa died in the intensive care unit of a Riyadh hospital in Saudi
Arabia after months of ‘suffering from broken arms, skull fracture and
head bruises’.
Al Arabiya news reported that the child was
tortured with ‘whips and electric shocks’ while Saudi website Emirates
24/7 claims the scholar and his new wife used ‘sticks and hot metals’ to
beat the girl.
The girl’s mother told the Al Arabiya news
network that the injuries were inflicted by her ex-husband who she
alleged had been abusing her daughter for eight months.
She claimed he is a ‘prominent religious scholar’ who preaches on satellite TV channels.
Lamaa’s father has been named as Faihan Al Gameri by news agency EFE.
EFE
says Al Gameri is a former drug addict ‘who won a certain popularity in
his country by appearing on television programs to relate his story of
repentance’.
Speaking shortly after her daughter was admitted to
hospital in April, Lamaa’s mother is said to have told the Saudi daily
Al Youm: ‘I appeal for the authorities and human rights groups to
support my quest to have my ex-husband and his wife executed for
murdering [my] daughter.’
The National Society for Human Rights
in Riyadh said it has opened an investigation into the allegations
against Lamaa’s father.
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