UAE | Crime
Vicious sword attack lands three youngsters behind bars in Dubai
Three Emirati youths have been sentenced on Wednesday to three years in jail by the Dubai Court of First Instance for attacking another UAE national with a sword and badly wounding him.
- By Bassam Zaza, Senior Reporter
- Published: 16:15 April 9, 2008
Dubai: Three Emirati youths have been sentenced on Wednesday to three years in jail by the Dubai Court of First Instance for attacking another UAE national with a sword and badly wounding him.
The Public Prosecution charged the trio with intentionally assaulting the victim with a one-and-a-half-metre-long sword and knuckledusters and badly injuring him.
The scuffle, which ended in a major fight, started with throwing of cigarette butts and nuts in a hotel in Deira, Dubai.
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