Dubai: A policeman was charged with the attempted murder of two men following an altercation at a Dubai nightclub, that ended with him stabbing both men with a knife.
S.H.A.S., a 41-year-old policeman, was off duty when he stabbed A.H.Y.A., 30, a Jordanian salesman, and K.Y.A., 27, a Syrian marketing manager, on February 19, the Dubai Public Prosecution charge sheet showed.
The policeman and another Emirati, A.E.K.M., 35, a government employee, were charged with assaulting A.H.Y.A and and K.Y.A.. The charge sheet also showed the two Emiratis were under the influence of alcohol.
A.H.Y.A. and and K.Y.A., and their 27-year-old Lebanese friend, J.B.T., were charged with assaulting the two Emiratis.
The incident took place following a verbal altercation at a nightclub in a Dubai hotel.
A security guard from the hotel told the prosecution that the two Emirati men got into an argument with J.B.T. at around 3am, and they were escorted out before the matter escalated.
Once outside, he said, the men started fighting again and were joined by K.Y.A. and A.H.Y.A.
The Lebanese man then grabbed a metal object from the parking lot and attempted to attack the two Emirati men, but the security guards managed to stop him.
Meanwhile, the two Emiratis and the other two men got into a fist fight, which led to the Emirati policeman stabbing them with a sharp object.
The security guards heard one of the men scream and pulled them apart.
The forensic examiner’s report said if the Jordanian man had not received immediate medical intervention, he would have died, as one of his stab wounds was severe.
The hotel security called for an ambulance that took the two men to Rashid Hospital.
The Jordanian man was stabbed twice, one deep stab wound to the chest and one superficial stab wound to the back, and the Syrian was stabbed once in his waist.
All five suspects confessed to their charges.
