Mother Kills Her Child "By Beating, Biting, and Punching"

A horrific murder occurred in the city of Ksar el Kebir in northwestern Morocco, where a mother killed her 3-year-old child "by beating, biting, and punching," according to Moroccan website "Hespress." The site reported that "the mother went into a hysterical fit in the absence of her husband from the home, before attacking her child with blows, bites, and punches until he breathed his last." The mother killed her child in front of his 5-year-old brother, according to Moroccan newspapers. Sources told "Hespress" that "the mother did not appear to suffer from any clear mental disorders, but she complains of neurological fits from time to time." The relevant security authorities have arrested the mother, and she has been presented to the prosecution to determine the circumstances and details of the crime.