Fujairah: A 39-year-old woman was stabbed to death when she tried to prevent a thief from entering her house.
Her 11-year-old daughter, 9-year-old son, and 29-year-old housemaid, who also sustained stab wounds, were rushed to hospital, where their condition is stated to be serious.
Major General Mohammad Ahmad Bin Ganem Al Kaabi, Commander-In-Chief of Fujairah Police, told Gulf News that police received a call on Thursday at 3.30am reporting the incident.
The police immediately dispatched a team to the house where it found that the family members had sustained serious injuries in the attack. The assailant was identified as a 23-year-old Pakistani national.
A medical team rushed the injured family members to hospital, where the mother was pronounced dead on arrival.
The suspect was arrested within half an hour of the crime.
Sources told Gulf News that the woman who died is the wife of Emirati Dr Ebrahim Al Mansouri, Academic Vice Assistant Chancellor of Branch Affairs, at Sharjah University, Khor Fakkan branch. The victim worked as teacher in a Fujairah school. She was Jordanian. Her husband was outside the country when the incident took place. Funeral prayers will held on Thursday after Isha prayer at Omar Bin Al Khatab Mosque in Khor Fakkan.
Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Al Kaabi denounced the heinous crime, saying such incidents were alien to Emirati society, and wished the injured family members a full recovery.
He also praised the efforts of the police in identifying the assailant and tracking him down in quick time.
