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Killer stabbed man in UAE for ridiculing his father
A man was stabbed to death yesterday when a fight broke out after the victim ridiculed his attacker's father, saying he looked like a woman for having shaved off his moustache.
- By Nasouh Nazzal, Staff Reporter
- Published: 23:28 August 24, 2008
Ras Al Khaimah: A man was stabbed to death yesterday when a fight broke out after the victim ridiculed his attacker's father, saying he looked like a woman for having shaved off his moustache.
A senior officer at the police's Criminal Investigation Department said the fight erupted between a group of six Pakistanis.
Forty-year-old Pakistani Taher Khan was pronounced dead and his brother Ajmal Khan, in his mid-thirties, sustained serious injuries and was admitted to Saqr Hospital's ICU.
Socialising
Relatives and Pakistani community sources said the two victims were with their third brother and were socialising in Al Jeer with another Pakistani man and his two sons.
The sources said a heated argument broke out when the victims criticised and laughed at the men's father who had shaved off his moustache, saying he looked like a woman.
The father claimed he had been forced to shave off his moustache after his barber cut a part of it off by accident.
The three brothers said this was not an acceptable excuse for shaving off his moustache.
The man's sons lost their temper and a fight broke out. One son grabbed a knife and stabbed Taher in the chest, penetrating his heart. Ajmal was also stabbed several times.
The third brother escaped unharmed, and reported the case to the police. The police officer said all parties involved in the fight were arrested and the murder weapon was seized.
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