<br/>Seventeen Indians have been sentenced to death by Sharjah's Shariah Court for killing a Pakistani man and injuring three others in a vicious attack last year. Judge Yousuf Al Hamadi sentenced the 17 men to death after all evidence, including DNA tests, showed they had knifed the Pakistani to death.<br/><br/>Khaleej Times reported today that the victim had died of his wounds after he was stabbed repeatedly on various parts of his body and had also suffered brain damage. The attack in January last year followed a fight over the control of the illegal liquor business in Al Sajaa area of Sharjah, one of the emirates of UAE. <br/><br/>The police had said the suspects had attempted to kill three other compatriots of the victim, but they managed to escape and were rushed to Kuwaiti Hospital for treatment. The convicted men are aged between 17 and 30 years. According to the three Pakistanis who survived, 50 people set upon them with knives on that fateful day last year.<br/>
News On AIR | March 29, 2010 12:45 PM
17 Indians sentenced to death in UAE for killing Pakistani