(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The suspect reportedly confessed to committing the murder claiming that his girlfriend instructed him to carry out the crime for revenge.
a 26-year-old arab has been arrested by the abu dhabi police for allegedly stabbing a compatriot man to death. the accused allegedly carried out the crime on his girlfriend’s behalf as the victim threatened to publish the photos they took when they were in a relationship.
colonel dr rashid mohammed burahseed director of the criminal investigation department (cid) said the victim’s body was found in a contracting office at al khalediya area in the capital.
the deceased was identified as a.sh. 26. he had multiple stab wounds on his body.
the cid team investigating the murder immediately suspected that the accused identified as a.r. 26 was behind the crime. when interrogated the suspect reportedly confessed to committing the murder claiming that his girlfriend r.q. 24 instructed him to carry out the crime for revenge. the suspect reportedly prepared a bag in which he put a pair of gloves substitute clothes and knives.
lt-colonel jumaa al kaabi of the cid quoted the accused as admitting that as soon as the suspect reached the contracting office he attacked him. he allegedly tried to smother the victim but when the latter resisted the former stabbed him to death. the suspect reportedly took another knife from the office kitchen and stabbed the victim in the neck again.
the suspect fled the scene to an undisclosed location where he allegedly set the clothes he was wearing on fire. he reportedly concealed the knife used in the murder at an under-construction site.
the tools used in the crime have been recovered by the police.
the suspect’s girlfriend also reportedly confessed that she coerced the suspect to commit the murder.
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