UAE | Crime

Mystery shrouds suicide in Dubai jail

Emirati prisoner commits suicide shortly after being sent to a solitary confinement cell

  • By Salam Al Amir, Staff Reporter
  • Published: 00:00 September 2, 2010
  • XPRESS

DUBAI: A young Emirati prisoner serving time for a string of cases committed suicide shortly after being sent to a solitary confinement cell at Dubai Central Jail.

K.A., who was sentenced to 50 years in jail for rape, assault and attempted murder killed himself under mysterious circumstances last month. Official sources said K.A. was sent to solitary confinement as he had stabbed a policeman with a screwdriver. Earlier, he had also started a fire in jail. "He was unstable and often threatened to kill himself," said a source.

"He suffocated himself," he said.

Both incidents -- the screwdriver attack and the suicide - were caught on a surveillance camera.

However, officials declined to comment on how K.A. killed himself or managed to obtain the screwdriver.

Crackdown

Passports seized in Dish TV crackdown

Dubai airport

Swords, knives, fake guns seized in Dubai

India-Pakistan

New visa rules thrill cross-border couples

Community Reports

More from Community Reports

Video

In the lanes of Deira Spice Souq

Gallery

A pick of the best pictures taken by readers