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title: "Before Iftar, a Saudi man burns down his house and kills his family"
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updated: "2022-04-26"
description: "SAFWA (Saudi Arabia): In the hours preceding Iftar, he confined his father, mother, son, and daughter, who had been fasting in the house, and set the house on fire. Start of the fire  As a resul\u2026"
taxonomies: ["News","Ramadan 2022","Saudi Arabia"]
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# Before Iftar, a Saudi man burns down his house and kills his family

Source: https://theislamicinformation.com/news/before-iftar-a-saudi-man-burns-down-his-house-and-kills-his-family/
Updated: 2022-04-26

SAFWA (Saudi Arabia): In the hours preceding Iftar, he confined his father, mother, son, and daughter, who had been fasting in the house, and set the house on fire.

## **Start of the fire**

As a result of pouring gasoline into his house and setting it ablaze, four people died: his mother, father, young boy, and daughter.

Safwa, near Qatif, was the site of a fire that broke out just before Iftar. The family members were not spared from the fire, intentionally locking them in the room to prevent them from escaping.

## **Despite their pleas, they were not spared.**

Although they called and pleaded, nothing was done to help them. The bodies of the burned victims are deformed.

## **The civil defense responded.**

After extinguishing the fire, Civil Defense officials arrested the suspect, a first-degree relative of the victims. Investigators are still trying to figure out why such a heinous act happened.

Police have referred the criminal to the Public Prosecution after arresting him and completing all legal actions against him.

## **What was the reason for the fire?**

A drug called methamphetamine (Shabu) was found to cause the criminal's behavior.

Upon initial investigation, they were locked in the room from the outside after being confined.