Kuwaiti parents accused of torturing toddler to death

Kuwaiti police have arrested a father and a mother on suspicion of torturing to death their three-year-old daughter and hiding her body in a freezer, the interior ministry said.

Salem Buhan, 26, and his wife, Amira Hussein, 23, were accused of beating and torturing the child, Israa, while under the influence of drugs.

The ministry, without giving dates, said the body had been kept in a freezer for a week before police uncovered the crime. Israa's body was found with burn signs on the shoulder and legs, it said.

The father - who Kuwaiti media described as being a "drug addict" - has three other young children and is being held by police.

He reportedly confessed to beating Israa with electrical cables as she was "naughty, causes a mess and makes the house dirty".