Abu Dhabi: Police have arrested a man for strangling his girlfriend while in bed in a hotel room in Abu Dhabi.
The suspect, a 44-year-old Asian identified as J.F., was arrested in the Western Region after allegedly killing his Asian girlfriend, police said.
Colonel Dr Rashid Mohammad Borshid, Head of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at the Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters, said that the victim, 28, identified as M.J., was found dead in her hotel room. The woman was in the country on a tourist visa.
“Preliminary examination indicated a suspected criminal offence and confirmed assassination by strangulation,” he added.
Lieutenant Colonel Juma Al Ka’bi, Chief of Psychological Crimes Section at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), led the investigation and found that the suspect was the one who booked the hotel room for his Asian girlfriend.
“The investigation team identified the culprit as the same person who rented the room and determined his whereabouts.”
Police dispatched a team to Ruwais Industrial City where the suspect was arrested within hours of receiving notification of the incident.
During interrogation, Col Borshid said, the suspect confessed to killing the woman with whom he had an affair.
The suspect recounted that on the day of the murder, he had discovered that his girlfriend was cheating on him with other men. He wrapped his belt around her neck and strangled her while she was lying in bed.
Police have referred the suspect and evidence to the public prosecution.
