Rape Suspected in Maid’s Death

A Sri Lankan housemaid is believed to have been raped to death in Fujairah on Thursday morning.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, an official at the Directorate-General of Fujairah Police said the tip-off came from a UAE national who said a maid under his sponsorship had died under suspicious circumstances.

Forensic findings, the source said, suggested she had been raped in her Murbeh locality house early in the morning.

Search is on for unidentified perpetrators, the source added.