Man gets suspended jail term for stabbing colleague in Dubai

An ironsmith, who stabbed a colleague with a knife in the abdomen, was handed a suspended three-month jail term by the Court of First Instance on Sunday on an attempted murder charge.
The 23-year-old Afghan had a brawl with his compatriot, 21, on February 24, last year. The latter also hit him with a knife, inflicting a permanent finger injury. The 21-year-old worker had been charged with assault on others' safety but the case against him was dismissed.
The court suspended the execution of the ironsmith's jail term for three years starting from the date the verdict becomes final.
It also ordered his deportation.
A policeman said: "We were alerted about a fight around 8:30pm at a farm in Al Marmoom area. By the time we reached the scene, we found the second accused had been taken to hospital as he had a critical stab wound. The first defendant and another man (whose case was dismissed) had fled the scene."
The officer added that they seized the crime tool.
"We arrested the first defendant in the same area. He was bleeding from his hand and confessed having stabbed the other man. We took him into custody," the officer said.
According to the forensic report, the man, who got stabbed in the abdomen, could have been killed due to the deep nature of the cut.
The victim's condition was then not stable and he had to be medically checked-up later.
The other man was also left with a permanent finger injury.
A 32-year-old Afghan, a driver, said they were all having dinner when a man (not charged in the case) insulted them. "At 7pm the next day, two of the men lured the main accused outside the room and assaulted him with sticks. They were upset because he broke the fight the day before."
The witness told the prosecutor he then told the workers to change their rooms and stay away from trouble as they were there for work. "I called the police later after the men started fighting. I spotted the main defendant stabbing one of them."
The ironsmith has been placed in detention ever since.
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