Residents of the UAE and readers of Khaleej Times have expressed their dismay following the tragic Ferris wheel accident on Thursday, that resulted in the death of an Emirati man at Global Village.
Residents of the UAE and readers of Khaleej Times have expressed their dismay following the tragic Ferris wheel accident on Thursday, that resulted in the death of an Emirati man at Global Village.
Staff manning the Global Village Ferris wheel from which a steel pole fell, striking and killing a man below, had been warned about the danger but paid no attention, the victim's cousin said.
The CEO of Global Village has said he is “dismayed” by the death of an Emirati after he was hit by a falling piece of metal from one of the village’s rides.
A five-year-old child has died after falling from his third-floor apartment in the Capital’s Khalidiyah area.
The Emirati man who was fatally struck by a falling piece of metal from a Ferris wheel at Dubai’s Global Village died a hero, after forcing companions into a clear path, according to the police.
A Gulf citizen who allegedly harassed a woman and threatened to kill her husband has had his Dh50,000 fine reduced to just Dh5,000.
The Ras Al Khaimah Criminal Court has sentenced six Asian residents, three of them in absentia, to serve five years in jail and deportation later for abducting and raping a young woman, also Asian.
In another case, the RAK Misdemeanour Court fined three women, all relatives, Dh500 each for swearing at and using abusive language against each other.
In a third case, the RAK Criminal Court started hearing a case in which a café shop owner is accused of confining two Arab waitresses, who work with him, and trying to rape them.
Residents and the Sharjah Department of Civil Defence have attributed the increasing number of fire accidents in flats and residential buildings in the emirate to barbecuing, throwing of cigarette butts and smoking of shishas in balconies.