By Afkar Abdullah, Khaleej Times
SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Sharjah police have started investigations into the death of an Ethiopian housemaid who was found hanging in the house of her employer in Umm Khanoor area on Thursday.
The 23-year-old maid, identified as Fatihia A.M. was found hanging with a piece of cloth in her room.
The police said that the maid died in her employer’s hands when he tried to save her by removing the cloth which she used to stangle herself.
The maid’s employer told the police that she committed suicide after talking on the phone with her sister who is abroad.
The maid had been working at her employer’s house for one year.
She was normal and nothing odd had been observed in her behaviour.
Captain Abdullah Rashid, duty officer at Al Haira police station, is investigating the case.