Mentally ill Omani man killed by father, sibling: Royal Oman Police

Muscat: A mentally ill Omani man was murdered on the first day of Eid Al Fitr by his own brother and father, police have announced.
The Royal Oman Police announced the arrest of the brother and his father over the death of the “mentally ill” man on Eid Al Fitr, at the end of June.
“In a crime that has shaken the core of social and familial relations in Omani society, an Omani collaborated with his father to kill his mentally ill brother, by trampling the victim with a car in a street in Maabela,” the
ROP said.
The car was bought to commit the crime, police reported, and after driving over the victim, he was left to bleed to death on the side of the road.
According to First Lieutenant Juma Al Kaabi, from the Department of Criminal Investigation led by the Muscat Governorate Police, police arrived at the scene and found the victim on the ground.
“The crime was first treated as a hit-and-run case, though the scene of the crime indicated otherwise. There were no tyre marks on the ground, or any car parts, except a small piece of the sidelight that was found far away from the scene of the accident. The piece led to the perpetrator being found and arrested,” said Al Kaabi.
Al Kaabi said that an investigative team analysed the car part to find the type of vehicle the part belonged to, and managed to narrow down to the type of car used at the scene, as well as the registered owner of the car.
“When the car owner was identified, it was found to be the brother of the victim. The brother was found to have previously purchased the car for the purpose of committing this crime. The brother commenced on breaking down the car and getting rid of the frame by throwing it in a wadi area, with the help of his father,” said Al Kaabi.
After tracing the lead to the car parts, the father and son were arrested for the crimes.
The two perpetrators were confronted with the evidence and the brother admitted to committing the crime with his father’s prior knowledge that he was going to kill his brother.
“The motive to the crime was that the mentally ill brother did not work, and was a burden to his family, and was a source of disturbance at home,” the ROP official said.
The case has been referred to Public Prosecution to complete further proceedings.