Man kills friend who tried to molest him

 

Man kills friend who tried to molest him

Dubai - Police apprehended the killer, who said that the victim had tried to sexually assault him many times

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Amira Agarib

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Published: Thu 11 Aug 2016, 9:58 PM

Dubai Police apprehended the killer in the case of a mystery death of an Asian, whose body was found stabbed and abandoned on a main road in Al Quoz industrial area yesterday.
The General Department of Criminal Investigations (CID) arrested the suspect before he could escape the country. Major General Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police for CID, said that the murderer was a friend of the victim's, and had stabbed him several times inside the latter's car.
After he was nabbed, the suspect said that the victim had tried to sexually assault him many times, and attempted to do so again on Tuesday. Resisting him, the suspect stabbed him and fled the scene, driving the victim's car to Abu Dhabi. He was planning to flee the country soon.
Dubai Police coordinated with Abu Dhabi police to figure out the killer's whearabouts, before he could travel out of the UAE, and arrested him.
Lieutenant Colonel Adil Al Jawker, Head of Investigation at Dubai Police's CID, said that they had received the tip-off about the body of an Asian man in his thirties, with multiple stab injuries, dumped by the road in Al Quoz industrial area.
The police investigation revealed that the victim's car and his friend - also a compatriot - were missing. The car was also found with the victim's blood traces in it.
The case has been referred to public prosecution.
amira@khaleejtimes.com


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