A seven-member gang attacked an Emirati man and his wife in their London apartment on Monday, the UAE’s ambassador to the UK has announced, less than three weeks after three UAE women were assaulted with a hammer in their hotel apartment in central London.
The ambassador, Abdul Rehman Ghanem al-Mutaiwei, stated that the couple were not hurt but added that their money, jewelry and credit cards had been stolen, the UAE’s state news agency WAM reported.
During the incident, the targeted man removed the mask of one of the attackers, prompting the thief to order his accomplice to shoot the Emirati citizen. The gang did not, however, shoot the Emirati man, WAM reported the ambassador as saying.
The attackers, who reportedly carried hammers, knives and guns, purportedly fled the scene after hearing car sirens in the vicinity.
According to the ambassador, Metropolitan Police launched an immediate investigation and recovered some of the stolen property.
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Meanwhile, the family has been taken to a Dubai-owned apartment in London while the police continue their investigation.
Recently, three women from the United Arab Emirates were hospitalized in London after being attacked in their hotel room by a hammer-wielding man. The attack left one of the sisters brain damaged while property worth more than £1,000 ($2,000) was stolen and withdrawals totaling £3,000 were made on one of the victims’ bank cards.
After the incident, a poll carried out by the UAE newspaper al-Roeya revealed that a strong 76.5 percent of Emiratis no longer favor travelling to Britain.
More than 23 percent of respondees indicated that the apparently “slow investigation and meager security at the hotel made tourism in Britain dangerous and unsafe,” according to al-Roeya.
Sourcre: Alarabiya
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