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29 March 2024

Gunfight to settle score puts five Emiratis on trial

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Five former Emirati prisoners are on trial in Abu Dhabi for using guns in a score-settling fight that resulted in the injury of two of them.

The five had become friends inside the prison as they were united by their drug addiction and other crimes but disputes erupted between their before their release. When they were out of jail, they agreed to meet in Shamikh just outside Abu Dhabi city to settle scores.

One of them brought his Russian-made Kalashnikov while others used knifes and sticks in the fight. The gun man injured one in the leg and another one in the hand when he randomly opened fire before fleeing.

The court, which adjourned hearings to April 10, is trying them on charges of attempted murder, possession of firearms, drug abuse and threats to kill, according to the semi official daily Alittihad.