Expat kills wife, claimed suicide

An Asian man hung his wife after a heated argument at their home in Saudi Arabia then phoned the police to say she had committed a suicide. Detectives sent to the house in the Eastern port of Jubail discovered criminal act was involved in her death and suspected her husband.

Pressed during interrogation, the husband confessed he killed his wife by hanging her following a heated argument, according to ‘Ajel’ newspaper. “He confessed to murdering his wife after an argument at home. He has been arrested and would stand trial soon,” police spokesman Colonel Ziad Al Rugaiti said.