DUBAI // Two men are accused of beheading a compatriot in revenge for the victim’s brother killing their brother in Pakistan.
Prosecutors said that they used axes last year to attack the man, who was on his bicycle in The Springs area in Dubai.
A passing jogger saw the body and called police.
“I noticed a car speeding off but I didn’t have the chance to write down the plate number,” said the witness.
“They repeatedly hit him on the head and neck with the axes, cutting his head off,” said an Emirati police officer, 37.
He said that investigations revealed that the family of the victim and the family of one of the defendants were in a dispute over a plot of land in Pakistan.
“The victim’s brother killed the brother of the defendant in Pakistan, after which the defendant threatened his victim, saying that he would kill him if he ever saw him,” he said, adding that during questioning, the defendant admitted he was enraged by the victim’s carelessness and decided to kill him.
The pair, who are farmers, allegedly waited for their victim and then knocked him off his bike using their car before beheading him.
“They took a car to Dragon Mart, where they got themselves new clothes and discarded the bloodied shirts, then took a taxi to Ajman, where they met with a friend and asked for his help in hiding them,” said the officer.
The friend in Ajman refused to hide them but gave them Dh3,000, which they took and then travelled to Al Ain. From there they tried to flee to Oman but were arrested.
The victim was found with his feet still stuck in the pedals of his bike, his body lying on his back and his head severed.
The accused, both aged 33, denied premeditated murder.
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