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A FILIPINO driver in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was arrested by
authorities after he was pinpointed as the primary suspect in the
alleged killing and beheading of a compatriot.
According to the online website Arab News,
authorities from the Riyadh’s Sulaimaniya District made the arrest
within two hours of the crime’s commission.
Police withheld the names of the suspect and the
victim pending completion of its investigation.
Ambassador Antonio Villamor, the Filipino envoy
to Riyadh, said he has instructed his staff to coordinate with the
police and gather the necessary information on the case.
Police started their hunt after finding a
severed head in a garbage box north of Riyadh. When they found the
body, they saw it had nine stab wounds in various parts.
Riyadh police spokesman Maj. Sami Al-Suwairekh
said they zeroed in on Southeast Asian communities living in the
neighborhood and learned that a Saudi family in the area had two
Filipino drivers, one of whom was missing.
At first, the Filipino who was questioned
claimed he had no information about his colleague. But investigators
became suspicious after they found some fresh wounds and marks in
different parts of his body.
The Filipino later admitted killing his
compatriot and detailed how he cut the man’s head and put it in a
plastic cover along with his clothing, then dumped it in a garbage
box in Malaz, far from the crime site.
-- Francis Earl A Cueto
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