Blooming Heck! You don't read this every day.
Woman among four held for assault and robbery
Police have arrested a British woman and three men - two Americans and one Dutch - on charges of assaulting an African national and robbing him of his personal belongings, says a report in the Arabic daily Arrayah.
The incident occurred last July when the Ethiopian who works for a money exchange house received a call from the woman requesting him to meet her outside a restaurant in the Old Salata area on the pretext of making a bank remittance.
He did not have any inkling that it was going to be a planned physical assault on him.
He met her and got into her car but was shocked to find two others on the back seat.
After driving for a short while the two men began to hit him violently. They stopped the car and pulled him out and robbed him of his wallet and mobile phone.
Then one of them caught hold of his neck while the other hit him with a bottle on his head. He fell unconscious and they left.
Fortunately some passers by noticed him and called the ambulance and police. He was rushed to the Hamad Hospital and was given timely medical care. After coming around he gave a graphic description of the people who assaulted him.
Based on his information officers of the criminal investigation and follow-up department in the Ministry of Interior arrested the woman who disclosed the identities and location of the other culprits including the Dutch national who is accused of helping in planning the assault.
Nomerci.. yeah right.. First you accept this news and source.. then we continue
and see who really loses... ;)
DC, indeed, that's what I meant by "white collar " crimes.
And I do not think they are less serious, just of a different nature than the one discussed in this thread.
Hence my question about the names of those people..as this just does not quite fit...
agree with nomerci, highly paid westerns in Qatar don’t need to involve in such serious criminal offenses ,that doesn’t mean Western Expats in Qatar are not doing other forms of (soft crimes)
2 yrs ago 3 top Western Executives were sacked from their jobs for theft and inappropriate spending of company’s resources.
Captain Lost..I rest my case.:P
Once you can substanciate your claims, we can continue. :)
So far,you really have lost ;)
Oh well.. you are not ready to accept the one we posted right here in front of you and as big as your head.. what other substances i can expect you to believe.. :(
But hey, do i really need to do that because you you have already started "thinking" that there are western people who commit crime here ..
please tell me what a 'pure' Westerner is? im a little confused as to if I am one, and if not why not? answers on a postcard please.....
Ah..I see. You make claims without substance. Ah well.
Nomerci.. Oh please, do you really think i'll post news here for you WITH sources.. come on !! unlike you i'm neither trying to defend nor offend any particular race here..
and frankly speaking, if you cannot accept what this news WITH A SOURCE says, i do not expect you to believe any of my news with sources.. waste of time you see :)
Very well stealth, the Captain Lost , as he brought it up, will easily be able to post those..obviously. :)
Or would you maybe like to help him out?
court round ups obviously.
Captain Lost, I think that there certainly are Western people here that commit crimes. But I doubt they would be of the nature as posted in this thread.
I also doubt that I would be allowed into the central jail here in Qatar, hence would be grateful for proof of your claims with sources.
Nomerci... LOL .. are you seriously trying to claim that Westerners CANNOT commit any serious crime here in qatar???
and nobody is talking about "white color crimes".. i'm talking about crimes of such nature as stated in this news..
Do me a favor.. save my time please... go visit Qatar central jail and have a look..im sure you'll be surprised :)
just asking? No offence meant!
Captain lost, so those people have physically assaulted and robbed people here?
See, I am not talking about white collar crime.
And yes, I would like to get you started..a good start would be to post all those crimes those "pure" (as you call it) Westerners have committed, and please let me know the source too :)
Nomerci...This comment???
"Naa edifis, not at all.But see, here, Western people have good jobs, get paid well. They have neither the time nor need to do such things."
Please don't get me started with all the news about crimes committed by PURE westerners in QATAR.. I lived my whole life here and know lot of people working here in Govt. as well as Private sector.... Im sorry if it disappoints you but yes there are westerners who have committed crimes in Qatar for UNKNOWN motives.
My Point is.. their NAMES/NATIONALITY has nothing to do with the crime they committed. Necessity and time are not the only two factors that make people commit a crime. Some freaks even do it for mere FUN.
The story is being picked from the Gulf Times sister Arabic Daily, Al Raya'a, so in this case it is just a translation.
Either issue a story with complete details or don't report it.
Khanan: do you even have any idea how much boot licking the reporter of this article had to go thro at the police station to just get this much of the story out to the media?
Remember this is the country that offered TV reporter money and threatened to remove her TV crew from the Movies Festival if she opened her mouth abt the mad slap she got from some mentally screwed old pig.
Yes, khanan, spot on!
on that thread :)
but someone did mention her Original nationality .i.e Candian :)
anyway back to this thread, incomptent reporting and journalism from the Gulf Times as usual. Much questions remained unanswered. In comparison, The Gulf News (http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime) from UAE had a separate section for Crimes and are being reported regardless of nationality, race etc.
khanan, besides all that, the thread concerning the Oscars, my question on that thread had nothing at all to do with nationality.
Like someone pointed out above, looks like there's more to the story than meets the eye :)
jjj, did not read that thread thoroughly.
DC, ok.
DC - for once I agree with you, may be not cobblers but it raises more questions than it answers - why would you go and meet a perfect stranger who just happens to call you and know your name. Very strange.
Besides I already said I didn’t believe the story in this article and think it all cobblers
nomerci - look at the wives posts - there were 2 in quick succession a day or so back
nomerci: seen your previous comments, won't think you meant anything bad and my comment was directed at CL something to do abt something from past, hence don't see the need to explain myself to you.
Well Khanan... the lady who won an Oscar was lauded as Pakistani, and later it was mentioned that she is Canadian...now we are having the same thing...some people did something and they are called Western...I am just wondering if that is really the case.
Because, as I said, in this country Westerners have neither the need nor usually the time to do such things...and again, I bet those people will turn out to be African...simply because I feel this whole thing has a personal twist to it.
But anyway, we shall see.
jjj, well, I am the type of person who likes to go to the bottom of things..;)
TB :)
My take :
Shermin Obaidain won an Oscar, posted on QL, hot debate and she turned out to be a Proud Candian. :)
A crime reported in daily with Westerners as fugitives and people are digging to find their origin and true colours.
Double standards ...huh ?
DC, who was it about then?
Nomerci -just ignore, some people will use the smallest pretext to cry racism and yet we have had a couple of posts and comments which were clearly sexist but nobody did or said anything about it (be it said from the same people who are now crying racism). Clearly prejudice is a one way street in this town and if it is prejudice in another area - it is not really prejudice for some.
nomerci: relax i wasn't talking about you.
OMG..how is ti racist? Do guys actually READ the posts?
Because if you do, and still scream racism...well, I am sorry, but you are the ones who are bigoted.
Greetings from NL CL :)
Captain_Lost: easy mate, just another blast of bigoted racism on Ql.
Captain lost , read my post at 12.44, that will explain it.
ok, so what if their names are not English or Dutch?? I mean, yeah right if a British/Dutch guy named Abdullah or Mohammad had achieved something, you'd go screaming about it to tell the world for his achievements , BUT if he'd do something wrong you'd try to throw it on other nationalities or religion??
Come on now, stop defending West here, there are good and bad people in every society.. don't tell me crimes don't occur in the west or people who live there are angels
More to this than meets the eye - why would you answer a call from a stranger and immediately go to meet them? Sounds like they knew each other
Naa edifis, not at all.But see, here, Western people have good jobs, get paid well. They have neither the time nor need to do such things.
Yes original British people are too civilized to be a mugger! These must be imported stuff!
Her name is Lucy Liu.
Khanan, you know me too well! ;)
And I would make a 1000QR bet that this is exactly the case.
names ?
to confirm if they are only passport holders or/ orginally from those countries ;)
Too stupid to be true. I don’t believe one bit of it.
I'd like to know their names.
She is the femme fatale!
Rizkz . is he? hope he reads this post and realize he sucks in his job lol
TB.. Yes, in Jail most probably :)
omg i better stay indoors till then
I wonder if the 4 are still in the country?
lol BG.
The link provided is dated today but the incident was last July. I wonder why written late.
Now thats a good example of Women Playing EQUAL Roles :D
how abt a manly voice
lol cherukkan mone !
Now dont u call me wit tat girlish voice ! :)
last JULY ??? TB and UKeng did the newspaper smelt rotten or looked yellowish ? or is it the press here that put 8 months old stories in the NEWS?
Rizks, Be careful of taking calls from some babes.
i was right !
the editor of GT might be some Qler ? :(
GT keep proving how stinky piece of shyte it is..
Many flats and houses were broken and robbed in this town recently and GT never even heard about it. Now there is some drama narrated here. when will they get a life.
I enjoyed the joke and laughed a lot.
Sounds fishy. He decided to meet her outside his work premises - not expecting to be physically assaulted.
I bet he was expecting some other type of "assault" :O(
Hmm interesting.. News, read in the GT with my coffee this morning, didn't think much of it..
No Khanan... bashing is a thing of the past here on QL. Everyone is going to turn over a new leaf, and stay on topic without insulting any one else, or any nationality.
Me too Fathima, somethings amiss here, doesnt really sound right.. Lets hope this does not happen again.
lets see what happens, for sure there will be updates on this story.
good morning ...and really strange ??
the thread has potential to turn into bashing which is QL norm nowadays.
Hope this doesnt become "normal" here.Qatar is one of the safest places as of now.
"pulled him out and robbed him of his wallet and mobile phone "....wat those guyz thought the Euthopian man will carry bundles of dollars in his pocket before coming for the meetup - ? as he's working in an Exchange...
and how much they might have got frm this man ?
Max 300/- cash ? and if tat mobile is an outdated one it would cost not more then Qrs.50/- ! :(
Maybe I am being totally prejudiced, but I find the whole story very very unbelievable!
WOW! I'm surprised this made the news as well. Perhaps they thought he was Nigerian and decided to scam/rob him for a change?
Things really are changing in the world. Now western nationalities are so desperate for money, they are robbing Africans on the street. And it took 4 people to mug 1 Ethiopian.
to know the REAL story!
Just read it now, does tat woman knew this Ethopian man for long and why this guy had to go meet tat lady for remittance somewhere out ?
Something fishy in the whole story....
Ooops... forgot the link:-
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=490710&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16
I was shocked when I read this. You just don't see this sort of story reported normally here in Doha.