Dubai Police rescue family after father threatens to blow up house

Dubai - The man was found with a lighter and an open gas cylinder.

The Dubai Police have rescued a woman, her three children and their maid after the woman’s husband threatened to commit suicide by blowing up the house with a cooking gas cylinder.

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According to police sources, the wife called the police after receiving a call from their maid while she was at work. The maid told the wife that her husband, who had some psychological issues, had bought a gas cylinder and was threatening to blow up the house. She instructed the maid to take her three children to a neighbours’ house.