Dubai Police clarify story of man who stopped lifeguards saving his drowning daughter
Dubai Police have revealed that a news report about a man preventing lifeguards from saving his daughter was a story from 1996.
The
article detailed a Dubai police officer’s account of an Asian woman
drowning because her father blocked lifeguards from rescuing her.
Published on Sunday, it initially drew attention when an international
newswire picked it up and began asking Dubai Police questions on
Twitter.Responding to a question, Dubai Police said: “This is an old incident that dates back to 1996.”
The
news website later clarified that deputy director of Dubai Police’s
search and rescue department, Lt Col Ahmed Burqibah, was “recounting
some of the worst incidents he had encountered in his tenure”.
newsdesk@thenational.ae
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