Boy hangs himself to mimic Saddam

Riyadh:A Saudi boy who hanged himself in northeastern Saudi Arabia may have been influenced by television coverage of Saddam Hussein's execution, a newspaper reported on Monday.

The 12-year-old boy used a chair and metal wire to hang himself from a doorframe at his family's home in the city of Hafr al-Baten, near the border with Kuwait, al-Hayat daily said.

An unnamed security source told the daily that the boy had watched television footage of the ex-Iraqi leader's hanging.

The officials however, could not be reached for comment.