Man knifes daughter to death

A 13-year-old girl was knifed to death by her Saudi father inside his car in Riyadh, Sabq.com online paper said.

Based on initial information, the girl received 12 stab wounds, three of them fatal, while her father was arrested by Khaleej Police, the paper said.

Reasons for the crime remain unknown, informed sources said, adding that the parents of the victim are separated, the paper said.

The girl’s father, in his forties, is reportedly mentally disturbed and is likely a drug addict, police sources told the paper.