TODDLER KILLED IN FLAT ‘STABBED 20 TIMES’

She waited hours before calling 999

A TODDLER killed by his mother in a south Dublin flat on Monday sustained up to 20 stab wounds in the shocking incident that claimed the boy’s life.

The toddler’s mother, Maha Al-Adheem, an Iraqi doctor in her early 40s was arrested by investigating gardaí at Crumlin in connection with the death of her son at 9.45am yesterday.

Omar Omran, who was autistic, was yesterday formally identified by his ‘devastated’ father, Iraqi engineer Khalid Omran.

Ms Al-Adheem is separated from her husband and Omar’s father. He is also from the Middle East though he still lives in Ireland and is believed to have had an active part in the boy’s upbringing.

Ms Al-Adheem, who was in the process of taking exams in Ireland so she could work here as a medic, stabbed herself in the side and chest on Monday evening after first attacking her young son at their home in Arrested: Maha Al-Adheem Kimmage, south Dublin.

The mother waited hours before calling 999 claiming her son suffered a heart attack.

Sources have revealed details of the horrific moment gardaí and emergency workers broke into their home at the Riverside flat complex in Poddle Park, Kimmage and found her ‘calm but severely bleeding’ in the kitchen, while her son Omar was lying on a bed in the bedroom, after a serious loss of blood.

He had ‘already passed’ but Dublin Fire Brigade medics spent 40 minutes desperately trying to resuscitate him.

Ms Al-Adheem underwent surgery on Monday night and has recovered from her selfinflicted stab wounds. She was transferred to a psychiatric ward at St James’ hospital following assessment.

Investigating gardaí at Crumlin arrested her in connection with the death of her son at 9.45am yesterday.

Gardaí at Crumlin are still trying to establish what led to the violent episode.

According to one source close to the investigation: ‘She was a dedicated mother. She was studying for her exams to work as a doctor with the Irish Medicines Board.’

Ms Al-Adheem qualified as a doctor in Iraqi and previously worked in Syria.

Omar was born in the Rotunda, Dublin, on January 9, 2014. His father Khalid Omran, who registered the birth, was described as a student on the birth cert. Both parents lived at the one-bedroom flat in Poddle Park when