A maid in Dubai allegedly strangled and suffocated an 11-month-old girl in her care after the baby’s mother, the maid’s employer, refused to allow her to take a holiday.
The crime is believed to have taken place last Saturday evening, said Dubai Police’s Commander in Chief.
Maj Gen Kamis Mattar Al Mazeina said details of the crime emerged on Saturday at around 9pm, when police received a call notifying them of the death of an 11-month-old Indonesian child at a hospital in Al Nahda area.
The maid is also believed to have called the child’s mother two hours after the incident to notify her of the girl’s death.
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