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The Tunisian city of Sousse witnessed a horrific crime, after a man was stripped of his human feelings and killed his wife's nephew, who was no more than a year and two months old, due to family disputes.

According to local media, the infant was actually in the custody of the offender in order to take care of him and carry out his affairs, but disputes arose between him and his wife, after which he decided to take revenge on her by getting rid of the child and smothered the baby to death.

The security services succeeded in arresting the killer, who confessed to his crime, and the Public Prosecution opened an investigation into the incident in which the offender faces a charge of premeditated murder.