A 53-year-old Asian employee survived fatal stab wounds to his chest and neck during a forced robbery attempt against his company, while the Dubai Criminal Court sentenced four gang members to 10 years in jail. After being convicted of the crime of attempted murder, robbery.
The victim said that he was at his company's headquarters, and heard knocking on the door, one of them calling on him to enter. He tried to stand, but the last stabbed him in the abdomen more than once. The victim grabbed the knife in his hand trying to defend himself and fell unconscious.
The first defendant, in the police statement, said that the sixth defendant (fugitive) told the rest of the gang that the company is making money transfers illegally, and contains large amounts of money, they agreed to steal, and was planned to be restricted only employee.
He added that they went to the company on the day of the crime. He brought a third towel and put it on his mouth, and the victim tried to stand. The first defendant stabbed him in the abdomen.
He said they tried to open the safe, but it turned out that the victim deceived them, breaking one of the drawers of an office in the apartment and found a key, and then opened it and stole four silver bullion and a ring and the amount of 13 thousand dirhams, and distributed them among them.
The victim's fellow employee said that he went to the company on time, and when he tried to open the door with the key, he was surprised to open it. Dubai police arrested four of the defendants who confessed to their crime, while continuing the search for the fifth and sixth defendants, and referred the arrested to the Public Prosecution and then to the Criminal Court, which began their trial and sentenced them to 10 years imprisonment and deportation.