A man was accused of attempting to kill a 17-year-old Emirati student after a dispute over a girl, a Dubai court heard on Sunday.
In April, the victim was walking along with his friend at Dubai Mall, when the Emirati defendant asked him to come at the mall’s gate.
“We met a group of six men and they started asking about my school. My friend pulled me away because he anticipated problems,” the victim said.
Three of the men left. “The remaining people started pushing me and the defendant pulled out a knife from his pocket and stabbed me in the waist,” added the victim.
The victim ran towards the corridor leading to a hotel before he collapsed. An ambulance and police patrol arrived and transferred the victim to hospital.
Meanwhile, a 34-year-old police officer said that he was reviewing surveillance cameras when he saw three men running towards the hotel.
“We arrested two defendants and the third was caught outside his home in Al Quoz area. The defendant admitted stabbing the victim after a dispute over a girl,” the police officer said.
One of the defendants said he was not involved in the stabbing and that he stepped in to prevent the problem from escalating.
Dubai Public Prosecution charged the 19-year-old defendant with attempted murder while his two friends, aged below 18, were referred to the Juveniles Court for similar charges, Gulf News reported.
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