Giant rat ate parts of one-year-old Yemeni boy

A one-year-old Yemeni boy died after he was attacked and partly eaten by a giant rat in his home.

His mother has just stepped out and returned home when she saw the rodent gnawing at the body of her screaming son.

Overcame with shock, she carried her son to a nearby medical centre but the boy died on the way.

The incident took place inside the boy’s bedroom at a clay house in the western Yemeni province of Al Hudaydah. “The mother is still in a bad psychological condition after seeing the giant rat feeding on her own baby,” a source said.