20-year-old Mohammed Al Qasim was stabbed in an 'unprovoked attack' before midnight
Dubai: A 21-year-old man has been charged with murder and possession of a knife in a public place following the fatal stabbing of Mohammed Yousef Al Qasim, a 20-year-old Saudi national studying in Cambridge, police said.
The incident, which officers described as an “unprovoked attack,” took place late Friday night near Mill Park, a short walk from the victim’s residence. Al Qasim was reportedly confronted and stabbed by the suspect shortly before midnight. Emergency responders arrived at the scene at 11:27pm, but despite efforts to save him, he was pronounced dead at 12:01am on Saturday.
Al Qasim was enrolled in a 10-week English language programme at EF International Language Campuses. The suspect, from Cambridge, appeared before Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Monday. A second man, 50, was also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and remains in custody. Authorities said a third suspect is still at large. A post-mortem examination is scheduled for Tuesday.
The Saudi Embassy in the UK said: “We are closely following up on the incident involving the assault of a Saudi citizen in the south of Cambridge, UK, which resulted in his death. We affirm that we are continuing to coordinate with the relevant British authorities to uncover the circumstances surrounding this tragic incident, in preparation for completing the procedures to repatriate the deceased’s body to the Kingdom.”
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