Filipino killed by colleague at work

Sharjah Police has arrested a Philippines national on the charge of killing his compatriot.

According to the police, the murder happened on the morning of Tuesday August 11 in a labour camp in Sharjah's Industrial Zone No.7.

Police received information about the incident at 7.20am.

The suspect has been identified as JO,40, and the victim as KT,60.

Police said the arrested person hit the victim with a piece of metal following a quarrel between them.

The accused escaped soon from the place after the incident because of a wound in his hand caused by the piece of metal.

The accused fled to Dubai to seek treatment for his injured hand in a clinic but was arrested within three hours of the crime.

Police said the accused had confessed that he had killed the victim because of differences between them.

Colonel Ibrahim Misbah, director of criminal investigation, said the accused was planning to hide in Dubai before trying to flee the UAE.

The body of the dead person has been transferred to the forensic medicine department.

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