Dubai Emir accused of killing Sudanese on London street (video)
Dubai Emir accused of killing Sudanese on London street (video)
The Emir of Dubai and Prime Minister of the UAE, Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, has been accused by a Sudanese man in London of interfering in the civil war in Sudan and killing people, Middle East Eye reported.
A video released last week shows a Sudanese man shouting at Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum and his companions as they left the Selfridges department store in Mayfair, central London.
"The Emirates and the UAE are killing Sudanese. The UAE is killing people in my country. Stop killing my people," the Sudanese man shouted from across the road.
At that time, the man accompanying the emir used racial slurs towards the Sudanese citizen. He approached the Sudanese man and warned him. Despite this, the Sudanese man continued to shout. He mentioned UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed and reiterated that the UAE was killing people in his country.
Last Thursday, August 6, UAE media reported that Mohammed bin Zayed and al-Maktoum met at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower hotel in London. The meeting was described as a "meeting based on brotherhood and mutual respect."
London police issued a statement on the incident. Police said they were aware of a video circulating online that contained a racial slur. Officers were reviewing the footage and assessing whether it contained any signs of a crime.
UAE-Sudan War
Although the UAE denies it, there are widespread allegations that the country supports the Sudanese Rapid Action Force (RAF), a group the UN and the US have accused of genocide in Sudan.
UN experts, human rights groups and Middle East Eye have documented arms supplies to the THK group, which were delivered via Libya, Chad and Somaliland.
Western countries such as the UK have been accused of failing to openly oppose the UAE’s involvement in the Sudanese war because of its economic influence. The war, which began in April 2023, has led to the world’s largest humanitarian disaster.
People close to the UAE leadership and analysts have implicitly acknowledged that the THK and its leader, Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, have been supported for many years. Dagalo owns real estate in Dubai through a network of shell companies.
The emir of Dubai has been at the center of controversy before. A British court previously found him guilty of holding his daughters Latifa and Shamsa captive and of harassing his ex-wife, now Princess Haya of Jordan.