'Big' man who tried to rape Briton near police academy, nabbed

Afghan tells police he was tempted by the woman’s dress

A big Afghan man stalking a British woman doing night exercise in the open air waited for her to reach a deserted area behind a police academy, grabbed her, covered her mouth with his hand and tried to rape her.

The woman, a visitor to Dubai, struggled hard but found that the man was too strong. She tried to scream but could not and the man begged her to stop struggling. Realising her attempts were futile, she decided to trick him.

He had already stripped her shoes and pants off in Sufouh area just behind the police academy when she pretended that she wanted to have sex with him. Once he eased his grip on her, she pushed him and fled.

After seeing passersby and telling them about the incident, they phoned the police. Two weeks later, the man was in the police grip.

“The man said he was seduced by the way the woman was dressed,” Dubai police commander Lt General Dahi Khalfan Tamim said.

“Despite the scant information about that man, police units managed to identify him, locate his whereabouts and get him.”

According to Brigadier Khalil Al Mansoori, Director of the Dubai Criminal Investigation Department, the Afghan works at a private firm and is apparently suffering from psychological problems.

“Perhaps this was the reason that made him try to rape the woman… he confessed that he was tempted by her sports wear,” he said, quoted by the Arabic language daily Emarat Alyoum.

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  • Ali 31 January 2012 19:46 0 0
    @MOS, you don't go and accuse people who pray with this thing, not every one who prays is a good man, same like people who go to the church, people who do this kind of act are not practicing correct Islam, and that's why he was caught and will be punished.
  • Denett 31 January 2012 19:32 0 0
    Shame on anyone who blames a woman, however dressed, for a man who assaults her. It's the same lame excuse if you were to assault a kid in the street dressed in a karate suit by just walking up and punching them in the face saying: Well, they dressed like they wanted to fight. Respect for humanity comes before respect for perversions of man-made cultural 'norms'.
  • MOS 31 January 2012 15:42 0 0
    @Theda: Excellent statement. Agree to the last word. We, expats, take the liberty of Dubai for granted, due to its lifestyle, but fail to notice the fact that preying people do exist in every corner. You just cannot walk out of your luxurious villas and start jogging in a skin-tight curve-revealing dress, and be out in isolated hours of the day/evening. Wake up ladies!
  • Dave 31 January 2012 15:18 0 0
    Great work by the police to find him. I hope he gets a harsh punishment. This is an awful thing for the women to go through.
  • Theda Muller 31 January 2012 14:14 0 0
    Whilst I do not condone the attack, it is pure ignorance to expose yourself like that to vulnerabilities, no matter how safe we assume it is. Next, we are in an Islamic country, so respect goes a long way. Lose the flimsy and let your conscience grip you, because mine does. Respect what people are unaccustomed to and it is a small price to pay for this safety haven provided by Dubai Police.

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