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| Dubai Police Say Report of Man Letting Daughter Drown from 1996 | |
| 2015-08-14 | |
The report, first published by the Dubai-based Emirates 24/7 news website and picked up by several media including Agence La Belle France Presse, quoted a police official as saying the father had blocked lifeguards from saving his daughter because it would "dishonor" her to be touched by strange men. Responding to a question from AFP on Twitter, Dubai police said the incident was not new. "This is an old incident that dates back to 1996," police said, without providing any further details about the case. Emirates 24/7 published the story this week without providing the date of the incident. It generated widespread interest on social networks including accusations media were disseminating an old story. The website later updated the story clarifying that the source of the information on the incident, the deputy director of Dubai police search and rescue department Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Burqibah, was "recounting some of the worst incidents he had encountered in his tenure". | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 is she "still dead"? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-08-14 14:36 |
| #1 So, "old news", then? |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2015-08-14 07:26 |