Maid confesses to pouring acid on three-year-old child in Sharjah

Sharjah: An Indonesian maid who poured drainage acid on the body of a three-year-old Emirati child has reportedly confessed to the crime. Sharjah Public prosecution said Thursday the maid admitted the attack on the little boy was premeditated.

The maid, in her 40s, has been arrested by the police.

Omar Yousif Al Wafi, the three-year-old boy suffered third-degree burns on different parts of his body and was taken to Al Qasimi hospital.

The incident took place ten days back, Amina, the sister of Omars adoptive mother, told Gulf News. The two sisters live in the same house in Sharjahs Al Ramaqiyah area.

The baby who had been abandoned when he was four months old had been adopted by an Emirati family, said Amina, adding the boy was enrolled in KG1 when he was two.

Recalling the incident, Amina said Omar was playing with her 10-year-old son and during play used a colour pen to draw on his [Omars] face. The maid came to take Omar away to wash his face, led him inside the house and poured acid on his body. Hearing the screams of the child, the family rushed inside and were shocked to see black smoke rise from the boys body.

The maid claimed the boy himself had poured acid on his body.

According to Amina, the maid had been working with family for four years and had asked the family to extend her visa, but her visa was about to expire and she had only one month to complete her services. The family, said Amina, had always treated her well and had raised her salary recently from Dh700 to Dh1,000.

An official at Al Qasimi Hospital said the boy suffered third degree burns on his face, hands and legs and would require plastic surgery.

The boys family is in a state of shock, Amina said.

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Maid confesses to pouring acid on three-year-old child in Sharjah