Manama: Two Filipinas were killed in Kuwait this week, one by her husband and the other by her employers.
The Egyptian husband has reportedly stabbed his Filipina wife 31 times in front of her colleagues and customers at a women's salon in Jabriya. The victim died before paramedics reached the crime scene, a Kuwaiti Times report said.
The suspect fled and left the murder weapon as well as his shoe behind.Detailed description of the suspect has been given to various security checkpoints in the country. Friends and co-workers have reportedly said that the victim arrived recently from vacation in her hometown in Zamboanga in southern Philippines where she took her three children.
Another friend of the victim said the assailant apparently committed the crime in a fit of jealousy and in desperation because he did not want his wife to divorce him, the Kuwaiti daily said.
Maltreated maid
On Thursday, another Filipina, a domestic helper, was killed reportedly by the couple employing her.
According to reports, the Kuwaiti employer confessed that she and her husband maltreated the maid on a daily basis.
Fearing that the maid would die, they took her to a deserted area and crushed her under their vehicle to give the impression that she was had been run over by a motorist.
