Sharjah: The suspects in the torture death of Mubarak Mesha’al Mubarak, a Kuwaiti student of the University of Sharjah, said they had beaten the 19-year-old over a period of three days for allegedly harassing one of their female relatives, official sources conducting the interrogation told Gulf News.
It is understood that the victim was accused of harassing the sister of one of the three suspects. Authorities indicated this explains why the victim maintained his silence despite four days of torture and did not report the incident to police.
Video clips captured by one of the suspects and the mobile phone calls of the victim and the three suspects are still being scrutinised by the investigation authorities in Sharjah who believe these checks will unravel more details about Mubarak’s death.
Two of the suspects were arrested soon after Mubarak’s death while the third managed to flee the country and authorities are working to bring the suspect who is at large to face justice in the UAE.
“It will take time to complete the process of the interrogation and to transferred the suspects to the court to issue its verdict in the case,” the official said.
The public prosecution received the forensic laboratory report on Mubarak’s death on Saturday, Gulf News has learnt.
Rashid Al Omran, Sharjah Prosecutor, told Gulf News that the forensic investigation reveals evidence about the torture that can help solve the case.
The Sharjah public prosecution received the forensic report from Abu Dhabi. The report pointed to injuries and bruises all over the victim’s body. There were traces of burns too and the report suggested that various types of tools were used to inflict physical harm.
The report confirmed that there were no signs of toxins or drugs in the victim’s body.
Sharjah public prosecution has sent the forensic report to the Kuwaiti consulate in Dubai and it has been sent across to authorities in Kuwait.
“Two suspects confessed to their crime before the prosecution and they said that they tortured the victim for three days which makes the case not such a mystery any more. They did not deny what they did,” Al Omran said.
“The prosecution is still investigating the murder case and will interrogate the witnesses in the case by the beginning of this week,” he said.
The Sharjah Attorney General is currently analysing the video clips found on the cellphones of the suspects besides collecting other evidence like the phone calls which will help prosecutors shed light on the crime.
“The public prosecution is working to solve the mystery behind the case as the victim has been tortured for three days and he had the chance to report the incident to authorities — why he kept silent and what the real motivation was which made the suspects torture him in this way,” he said.
