ABU DHABI // Two men accused of beating a prostitute to death in a row over Dh10 have been arrested.
Abu Dhabi police said the two Asians, 21 and 24, agreed to have sex with the woman at her apartment in the Al Zahiya, Tourist Club area, in exchange for Dh150. They began fighting after the men only paid her Dh140.
The suspects beat, choked and hit the woman over the head with a bottle until she was dead. They then tied her hands and feet together with clothes, put her on the bed and fled the apartment after stealing money, reported Al Ittihad, the Arabic-language sister paper of The National.
She was found dead, semi-naked, lying face down on the bed, said Colonel Doctor Rashed Mohammed Burshid, director of the Criminal Investigation Department at Abu Dhabi Police.
He added a CID team was formed at Al Shaabia Police station to search the area. Officers were able to locate and identify the suspects quickly, one of whom worked as a cleaner while the other was in the country illegally.
Both suspects admitted to assaulting the victim. One man hit her in the face and body while the second held her down and gagged her to prevent her from screaming.
The case has been passed to prosecutors.
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