By Staff

A Saudi man abducted a six-year-old African boy near his home in the Gulf kingdom and took him to a remote place, where he beheaded him.

Police said they arrested the 35-year-old Saudi a day after the child was found headless in a desert area near the Western Res Sea port of Jeddah.

Sada newspaper quoted a police spokesman as saying they were questioning the man to know his motives for the ‘heinous’ murder.

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