Abu Dhabi, Nov 3 (Emirates 24X7) : A Pakistani man armed with a big knife stormed a private hospital in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, grabbed an Indian urologist and slaughtered him like a sheep inside his clinic after the death of his relative at the hospital.
Sources at Al Ahli Hospital in the capital said the man went straight into the urology clinic and stabbed the 58-year-old doctor before forcing him on his knees and slitting his throat. Other doctors and staff members rushed into the clinic but it was too late.
“He stormed into the clinic although nurses tried to prevent him…he then attacked the doctor and slain him like a sheep….the man then waited at the hospital until the police came and arrested him,” one source said.
“The man appeared furious following the death of his relative…he blamed the Indian doctor for his relative’s death and attacked him without giving him a chance to defend himself…it was a heinous crime that frightened all hospital staff and patients.”
The sources identified the victim as Rajan Daniel, a urology specialist who has been working for Alahli hospital in the town centre for many years.
Police were still investigating hospital staff members about the incident, which forced the closure of the hospital for several hours in the afternoon.
Another hospital source told media that the incident occurred at around 6.30pm. “The man entered the doctor’s cabin, locked the room from inside and immediately slit the doctor’s throat. He then simply walked out of the room, located on the fifth floor. Staff were shocked to see a man trying to leave the hospital with a knife in his hand. He was completely soaked in blood.”
Earlier reports said that the accused was a patient at the hospital and was undergoing treatment for the past three months.
“The patient has been to the hospital for treatment before. He came this time with a knife and stabbed the doctor in the neck and other parts of the body many times,” Arabic language daily Alkhaleej said. The daily said that the patient was maddened by the slow treatment process.
Dr Daniel who is from Trivandrum in Kerala, India has been working in the hospital since 2007. His wife Geeta George lives with him in the UAE. The doctor is also survived by his only daughter Junu.