A patient attacked his doctor using a kitchen knife at a private hospital in Abu Dhabi. According to his testimony, he believed that he would not benefit from the treatment and the routine medical examination.

Colonel Dr. Rashid Mohammed Bourshid, Director of Criminal Investigation Directorate, said that the Abu Dhabi Police immediately rushed to arrest the perpetrator and confiscated the weapon used in the crime stating that the offender was transferred to the psychiatric department for a medical check after he tried to commit suicide in his holding cell.

Regarding the details of the case, Colonel Bourshid pointed out that the crime happened on Thursday evening, 1st of November. The Operations Room received a notification call; police forces immediately headed to the location and encircled it. The suspect “M.H.," a 46-year-old Pakistani was arrested inside the hospital on the suspicion of murdering Doctor “R.D.,” a 61-year-old Indian. The weapon used in the crime and the suspect’s belongings were confiscated by police.

Lieutenant Colonel Jomaa Al Kaabi, Head of Self-Crimes Department in the Criminal Investigation Directorate reported the testimony of the accused by stating: "The killer frequented the specialist urologist for the past 25 days for treatment of a recent illness. The doctor prescribed him drugs and painkillers, but it did not help him. He then revisited the doctor on the day of the crime occurred and the two persons engaged in a debate about the patient’s lack of benefit from the medical treatment, especially after the clinical examination conducted by the doctor in the previous visit.”

Lieutenant Al Kaabi added: “The accused reported to have said that he was very nervous and behaved like a criminal, after being provoked by the victim. He assaulted the doctor with office tools, at which point he took out a knife in his possession, bought on the day of the crime from a grocery store near the hospital (he failed to remove sale tag from the purchased item), and attacked the doctor. He assaulted him with several sharp stabs in the abdominal area, in his neck, and in different parts of his body, before leaving him lying on the ground in a pool of blood.”

He explained that the initial information indicated that the defendant intentionally killed the victim with premeditation as evident by the knife he bought to carry out the crime. Once the suspect was alone with the doctor, he stabbed him intending to kill him by causing the fatal injuries.

Lieutenant Colonel Al Kaabi continued: “The defendant stayed at the hospital after the crime. The medical staff and witnesses informed the police that they watched the offender emerge from the doctor's room bloodied with a knife in his possession and the doctor soaked in blood. Then the offender was caught after the arrival of the security personnel who took the necessary security measures; the suspect attempted to hide the knife in question by disposing of it in a drawer.”

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