Abu Dhabi: A second man has been charged with the murder of an Omani student who was killed in an “extremely violent” robbery near a London department store last December, the Metropolitan Police said.
Mohammed Al Araimi, 20, was fatally stabbed outside Harrods in Knightsbridge on December 5, 2019.
The King’s College politics and economics student had been out for dinner and was walking along Basil Street at 11.55pm on December 5 when he and his friend were attacked.
Arseboon Dilbaro, 22, of no fixed abode, was charged on Tuesday with murder, grievous bodily harm with intent, attempted robbery and threatening a person with a blade/sharply pointed object in a public place.
He was remanded in custody to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.
Dilbaro was arrested by the Met Police shortly after arriving at Heathrow Airport at around 1pm on Tuesday on a flight from Egypt.
Kuwaiti Badir Rahim Alnazi, 24, also of no fixed address, was previously charged with Al Araimi’s murder in January and remains in custody ahead of an Old Bailey hearing on a date to be fixed. The two suspects were trying to steal a watch and cash from the student.
A 20-year-old friend of Al Araimi was also stabbed in the incident and was taken to hospital but has since been discharged.
