Dubai court jails man for assaulting compatriots with knife

The Dubai Criminal Court sentenced an Arab national to three months in jail, to be followed by deportation, for assaulting three compatriots with a knife, in collaboration with another fugitive. The Appellate Court upheld the ruling.

The incident occurred inside the victim’s vehicle, where the suspect attempted to force the victim to drive to an anonymous destination. The case dates back to April 2024 when a security guard in the Business Bay area reported that three people had been attacked with a knife in a parking lot at his workplace.

He stated that he rushed to the scene after hearing screams near the building’s parking area, where he found three people bleeding from various parts of their bodies.

He added they were holding the suspect, who was having a knife. They allegedly asked him to call an ambulance and the police.

The police arrived, arrested the suspect and transported the injured to the hospital.

The first victim testified during the interrogations that the suspect had stormed his vehicle, held a knife to his neck, and demanded he drive but he refused, then the second fugitive arrived, repeating the demand after stabbing him in the thigh and verbally abusing him.

The victim added that he managed to open the car window and call for help from two colleagues who were leaving work at the same time. They reportedly attempted to rescue him, but the suspects assaulted them, stabbing one in the arm and injuring the other’s face. Then, one of the assailants fled, but the victims restrained the other.

On being interrogated, the suspect denied any involvement in the crime, claiming that he had arrived at the Business Bay Metro Station with his fugitive friend and waited near a building after the friend told him he was waiting for someone who owed him money and had refused to repay it.

After several hours, the first victim appeared, and the suspect and his friend approached his vehicle, where an altercation ensued, during which the fugitive assaulted the victim and then fled.

The suspect added that the victim, with the help of two others, detained him and called the police.