Dubai Teenager Suicidal After Parents Joke About Finding Him in Trash

Published January 25th, 2018 - 09:31 GMT
The teenager made a desperate call to the police and said that he wanted to jump out of a building to his death because his parents repeatedly insulted him (Shutterstock/File)
The teenager made a desperate call to the police and said that he wanted to jump out of a building to his death because his parents repeatedly insulted him (Shutterstock/File)

A 15-year-old boy in Dubai allegedly tried to commit suicide over his parents' remarks that they found him in the trash, offended him.

The teenager made a desperate call to the police and said that he wanted to jump out of a building to his death because his parents repeatedly insulted him.

Dr. Major Mohammed Ali Obaid said, "The boy's parents used to tell him that they were not his biological parents and he was found next to a trash container when he was an infant."

After police received the boy's call, a security patrol team was immediately dispatched to the boy's house in Abu Hail area, while a staff member at the call center, Mariam Al Marzouqi, tried to pacify the boy over the phone.

The teenager confided in Marzouqi and told her that he wanted to talk to her as he missed talking to his family. Finally, the boy was rescued safely.

 

 

This article has been adapted from its original source.

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