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Dubai maid tries to poison family with 'Pif Paf'

Published: 09 Apr 2015 - 10:43 am | Last Updated: 15 Jan 2022 - 10:51 pm

DUBAI: An Asian housemaid used the well-known insecticide spray 'Pif Paf' to murder all her Emirati employers in Khorfakkan by adding the substance to their sugar box daily, a local daily reported on Thursday.

The head of the family suspected the maid when he found that the sugar box had a foul smell when he opened it and tried to add sugar to his tea.

“He decided to watch the maid and it was later a big shock for him…he found that after all his family members go to bed, the maid mixes the sugar with 'Pif Paf',”


“During interrogation, the maid confessed to the crime…she said that she wanted to take revenge against all the family members.”

The paper did not mention why the maid wanted to take revenge but said the prosecutor was still questioning her about her motives. It added that the prosecutor would reveal details of the crime later.