UAE | Crime
Killer's father offers unlimited blood money to victim's parents
Victim's parents have already refused Dh1m and called for son's murderer to be executed.
- By Bassma Al Jandaly, Staff Reporter
- Published: 17:59 February 12, 2008
Sharjah: The father of a killer has offered an unlimited amount of blood money to the murder victim's parents to pardon him, court sources told Gulf News.
The parents have already refused Dh1m in blood money (diya) and have demanded their son's killer be executed. The victim, a Palestinian in his twenties, was playing with his son in a Sharjah shopping mall when he was murdered by M.A., an Emirati, over a disagreement concerning their children in the mall's play area.
The victim's wife was in hospital at the time giving birth to their second child.
The victim asked the other child to share a toy, but the child's mother grew angry and started to swear at the victim and his son. She called her husband on the phone and told him a man was disturbing her son.
Several minutes later, M.A. rushed to the play area with a metal tool. The woman pointed to the victim and without saying a word and in front of the children, M.A. hit the victim on the head. He later died in hospital.
The Sharia Court of First Instance in Sharjah handed down the death sentence which was upheld by the Appeal Court and also confirmed by the Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi.
The appeal court in Sharjah is liaising with the Sharia court in Jordan where the victim's family lives to get a reply regarding the new offer by the killer's father.
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