Boy risks death to prevent rape

A kidnapped Saudi boy risked being killed when he abruptly pulled the hand brake of the speeding car of his captors to prevent them from raping him, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

The boy and his two captors were injured when the car turned over twice on a main road outside the western Saudi town of Taif, the online Arabic language paper Kabar said.

It did not specify the boy’s age but said he was snatched from his neighborhood in Taif by two men, who beat him up and bundled him into their car before speeding outside the city.

“While they were struggling to kidnap him, the boy managed to call the police…but they finally succeeded in taking him away,” it said.

“While in the car, they threatened to beat him again if he resists…but he later eluded them and sharply pulled up the hand brake, causing their vehicle to overturn twice…they were taken to hospital and the two captors were under police custody.”
 

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