The news of the death of a young man leads two young men to attack each other
A message via WhatsApp about the death of a young man caused a dispute between a group of friends in the "group", which reached the point of beating one of them for not believing the news of the death of their friend, accusing him of mocking him after his death, and as a result the Public Prosecution in Ras Al Khaimah accused Two Gulf youths assaulting each other's body, beating each other, and inflicting varying injuries on each other.
The Juvenile Misdemeanor Court in the Ras Al Khaimah Courts Department began the trial of the accused.
In detail, the first accused said that, while he was with his friends in a restaurant, he saw the second accused, accompanied by five others, and asked him: “Why are you talking to our late friend on WhatsApp?”
He explained that the second defendant slapped him on the face and on the head, and some of the people present hit him without being able to defend himself, which led to his fall to the ground as a result of losing consciousness, pointing out that he received a message via the application of "WhatsApp" indicating the death of one of his friends present. In the group, he responded to the message that what is being circulated is a lie and their friend has not died.
A witness in the case indicated that he and the first accused were leaving the restaurant, and eight people came to them, and told his friend: “Why do you curses the deceased?” Which was denied by the first accused, and confirmed that he respected the deceased and did not insult him, and two people beat him.
Another witness in the case stated that one of them constantly punched the first accused in the face, while the second accused grabbed him and two others slapped him, while two other people were watching the situation without interfering, and when the first accused fell on the ground to escape from the place, and they asked him not to Report the incident to the police.
He explained that as soon as he called the police, one of them threatened to beat him, indicating that he did not know the accused, and this was the first time he saw them.
For his part, the second accused admitted that he was accompanied by his friend and saw the first accused in the place, and there was a previous dispute between them through a social media program, and he went to talk to him about insulting his deceased friend, which was denied by the first accused.
He continued: "An argument occurred between us because he cursed my deceased friend, and pushed me with his hand, so I slapped him in the face, and I fell on the chair, so he tried to get up to hit me and punched him, just as he punched you with his hands, and then the rest of the friends came, so they separated us.
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