Student chops off fingers of two men in Deira

Road rage incident sees driver attacking three occupants of car with sword

Astudent attacked two employees with a sword and chopped off their fingers following a road rage incident on Al Maktoum Street, a court heard yesterday.

The 20-year-old Emirati student allegedly attacked three Pakistani employees before he blocked their way at a traffic signal in June.

The student jumped out of his sports utility vehicle, according to records, and attacked the Pakistani trio in the middle of the street. Two Pakistanis lost one finger each while attempting to dodge the sword attack and avoid being killed.

After the incident, the Emirati suspect walked into a police station and claimed he was attacked at the traffic signal and that he had been hurt.

The policeman, who responded to the student, told him to go to the hospital and bring a medical report to pursue legal action against his alleged assailants.

Records showed the student went to the hospital but never returned to the police station. Meanwhile, Dubai Police’s operation room was notified that a man had attacked three men and two of them were seriously injured and had lost their fingers. Prosecutors accused the 20-year-old of attempting to murder the three employees.

Suspect fails to appear

Yesterday, the suspect failed to show up before the Dubai Court of First Instance where he was scheduled to enter his plea.

A policeman told the prosecutors: “When I asked the student about what had happened, he claimed that the trio attacked him first and tried to assault him with a knife … he claimed that he took the knife away from them and defended himself. He gave a contradicting statement.”