15-Month-Old Beheaded in Supermarket by His Uncle
Saudia Arabia: According to the Arab News a 25-year-old Syrian man has
beheaded his baby nephew in a supermarket over a dispute with his sister and her
husband, the parents of the child.
The 15-month-old boy was killed in front of his mother and other shoppers.
The mother required hospital treatment after fainting. According to a police
spokesperson "he chopped off the boy's head in front of the mother to get back
at her."
Punishment may not fall far from the crime in this case as murder is capital
offence in Saudi Arabia. The preferred method of execution for criminals in the
conservative Muslim nation is beheading.
Birthday Brawl at Chuck E. Cheese
A birthday party for a 9-year-old boy at a Chuck E. Cheese's in Natick,
Massachusetts became more than just a party for the birthday boy and his
friends.
That's because the mom of the birthday boy apparently became angered when
another woman's son was hogging an arcade game. This ensued into a fight
breaking out between the two women.
38-yearold Catherine Aliaga, and 33-year-old Tarsha Williams, both from
Boston, will be in court to answer charges of simple assault and battery.
Scientists Discover World's First Hexapus
A six legged octopus has been discovered in a crab pot of the coast of Wales.
Experts dubbed him Henry the Hexapod. The believe that his short leg count is
the result of a genetic abnormality.
Staff from Blackpool Sea Life Centre acquired Henry from a marine zoo but his
abnormal number of legs did not become apparent until he climbed the glass in
his tank. According to a spokesperson he will be on display within weeks.
"We've scoured the internet and talked to lots of other aquariums and no one
has ever heard of another case of a six-legged octopus," said Carey Duckhouse, a
supervisor at the Sea Life Centre.