Man arrested for killing his girlfriend
SUSPECT STRANGLED THE WOMAN IN BUR DUBAI FLAT AS SHE WANTED TO END RELATIONSHIP
Suspect strangled Vietnamese woman and stuffed her body in a bag after she decided to end their relationship |
D ubai Police arrested an Arab man for allegedly killing his girlfriend and dumping the body in a travel bag inside her flat because she wanted to break up with him.
Major-General Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, Assistant to the Dubai Police Chief for Criminal Investigation Affairs, told Gulf News that they found the body on April 18 inside a travel bag in her Bur Dubai flat.
Police received a call about a Vietnamese woman missing Major-General Khalil ■ Ebrahim Al Mansouri since April 16. Police officers went to check her apartment, broke open the door and found the decaying corpse inside a travel bag.
“She was strangled to death and the safe box was open, and we thought it was a robbery. Later, we discovered that her boyfriend had killed her and robbed her jewellery,” Major General Al Mansouri said.
Within three hours of finding the body, police identified the killer though he had not left much evidence in the crime scene.
Dubai Police set a trap for the killer identified as A.K. and arrested him near the company where he works in Al Quoz area.
“He tried to escape but we managed to arrest him. He confessed that he met the victim and became friends but later the victim started ignoring him and wanted to end the relationship,” Major-General Al Mansouri added.
On April 13, the suspect called her asking her to allow him to meet her to discuss their relationship. He visited her at 9.30pm and she told him that she wanted to break up.
“She went to the bathroom and he followed her and strangled her with his hands. He put her body in the travel bag and stole her jewellery and watches and then left.”
The suspect stole two Rolex watches, phones, jewellery and some cash. The police recovered these items from his home later. The suspect has been referred to Dubai Public Prosecution for further investigation.