(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Woman, aide referred back to the Dubai Criminal Court and also ordered that the two accused remain in provisional detention.
The woman accused in the 'bomb belt standoff' and her accomplice will stand trial in the Dubai Criminal Court after their case was returned by the State Security Prosecution on jurisdictional grounds.
With no date yet set for the beginning of the duo's trial, the Public Prosecution arraignment sheet against the Uzbek woman, who threatened to blow up the Dubai Public Prosecution building unless her demands were met, and her Gulf accomplice includes charges of threatening prosecution staff, customers and police officers.
Dubai Attorney-General Issam Issa Al Humaidan referred the case back to the Dubai Criminal Court, and also ordered that the two accused remain in provisional detention. The pair will also be charged with blackmailing police officers to make them succumb to their demands and putting the lives of others at risk.
Earlier, Al Humaidan had said the woman would be referred, along with her accomplice, to the State Security Prosecution in the Capital for a jurisdiction reason. The incident, which caught global attention, happened on September 1 when the 33-year-old woman barged into the reception hall of the Dubai Public Prosecution building and threatened to blow herself and the building up with what looked like an explosives belt she had strapped around her body unless her claim was answered. She had her ten-year-old son with her.
She wanted that her son be subjected to a DNA test to prove that an Emirati man was his father.
By checking the belt the woman wore on the incident day, the Criminal Evidence Department explosives experts found it was fake and there were no explosives in it; it transpired the 'belt' was a cardboard carton, with soft drink cans attached.
"In spite of the fact that the belt was fake with no explosives, what the woman did made her legally accountable for her act, which terrified the public and put their lives at risk," Al Humaidan had pointed out earlier.
While the prosecution building was immediately evacuated, negotiations between the police security officials, experts and the woman continued till 1am the following day to convince her to give up. No repressive means were used against the woman in order to protect her life and that of her son till she was caught with no resort to violence.
The woman claimed that her accomplice arranged for the belt to look like an explosives belt.
Legal Disclaimer:
MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.