Sharjah: A firing squad yesterday executed a man who was sentenced to death for killing a Sharjah police officer.
The man shot dead Lieutenant Mohammad Al Tunaiji in December 2002 in the Al Dhaid area, court officials said yesterday. Officials said the death sentence was carried out at the Sharjah Central Prison against the 62-year-old identified as Khalifa Khalfan Al Qaizi, a UAE national, who was convicted of killing Lt. Al Tunaiji while he was chasing him in Al Dhaid for stealing a car.
Dr Mohammad Khalifa Al Mualla from Al Dawliya Advocates and Legal Consultants, who represented the victim's family and the Interior Ministry, told Gulf News that Al Qaizi had a criminal record and that he committed his first crime when he was 14.
In separate cases, two men, both UAE nationals, were also executed yesterday after they were sentenced to death for rape.
