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Worker kills roommate in argument over light

Dubai - The Indian worker assaulted his compatriot and then stabbed him with a knife following a row over lights.

By Marie Nammour/Senior Reporter

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Published: Wed 19 Aug 2015, 12:00 AM

Last updated: Wed 19 Aug 2015, 11:19 AM

A worker faced a murder charge in the Court of First Instance for allegedly stabbing to death another worker in the room they shared.
According to prosecution records and based on the testimony of a witness, the 29-year-old Indian worker assaulted his compatriot then stabbed him with a knife following a row over lights.
The incident is believed to have happened on April 9.
An Indian driver, 23, said that he learnt from a worker about a fight in a room at the workers accommodation in Jebel Ali.
"It was after 9.30pm. I entered the room and saw the accused spitting blood. The accused was sitting on a bed," he told the investigating prosecutor.
He called the ambulance. Paramedics found the victim dead on the ground.
The driver added that the victim had a stab wound in the upper right side of his chest.
"I learnt that they fought after the accused turned off the lights and the victim turned them on again several times. They engaged in a physical fight before the accused stabbed the victim. The accused was not injured".
A police corporal said that they arrested the defendant from the workers' accommodation in the Dubai Investment Park.
The police arrested the accused and took him into Jebel Ali police station along with some other workers for interrogation.
According to the forensic report, the victim died due to the severe hemorrhage in the chest cavity and the deep stabbing that cut through his right lung.
mary@khaleejtimes.com


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