ABU DHABI // DNA testing has helped police to catch a man responsible for a series of sex attacks on children.
Al Ittihad, the Arabic-language sister paper of The National, has reported that a citizen of an Arabian Gulf country committed the crimes against five children, aged between 6 and 10.
The defendant lured his victims to rooftops of residential buildings, where he abused them. He was arrested after a man caught him trying to abduct his son.
The accused was given a DNA test, which was matched to samples taken from an unidentified child abuser in five unsolved cases.
He admitted to the crimes during interrogation by public prosecutors. He said he would befriend his victims by offering them money and asking for their names, then tell them to accompany him to the roof to see his bird collection.
At a hearing at Abu Dhabi Criminal Court, the victims identified the man from police mugshots.
The sentence has not been delivered yet but the crime is punishable by death.
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