Brothers accused of stabbing man to death in shopping centre

dubai — Two Afghan brothers are facing a premeditated murder charge in the Court of First Instance after they strangled a Pakistani man and then stabbed him to death in the parking lot of a shopping centre.

The incident, which was caught on surveillance cameras, took place on October 9 in Al Muraqqabat.

“I was on duty at 11.10pm when I spotted on the surveillance cameras two men dragging another, who was lying down, and forcing him inside a car trunk. They were in the basement level parking,” a Pakistani security guard said. “I immediately called my colleague. When the two men saw me, they dropped the injured

I spotted two men dragging another and forcing him inside a car trunk.” Security guard, witness

person and drove off. I kept the mall visitors away from the area where the victim was at, and called the police.”

The victim looked lifeless and he had stab wounds in the chest, the guard told the prosecutor.

The guard added that the two brothers ran an abaya shop in the centre and they had a parking card which opens the gate in the basement level.

A police lieutenant told the prosecutor that he was informed about the incident at 11.45pm. “We moved to the crime scene. The ambulance and forensics team were already there. The two security guards showed us the CCTV footage that captured the fatal assault on the victim. The victim was with the brothers in their car when one of them tried to strangle him with a piece of cloth. The victim, whose shirt was then removed, stepped off their car and they chased him between the cars before stabbing him several times. They then tried to force him inside their SUV’s trunk.

“We looked for the two defendants at their shop and at their house in the Naif area in vain. Based on a tip-off from a reliable source, we could nab them later in Al Ain industrial area and we learned they were about to flee the country. They confessed to killing the victim over some disputes,” the officer said.

During public prosecution investigation, the brothers confessed the crime. The CCTV footage was used as public prosecution evidence.The trial will continue on January 18.

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