Hundreds attend funeral of late Dubai Police chief Lt General Mazeina

The late Lt General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina was laid to rest Friday following a fatal heart attack on Thursday night 

 

Dubai: Lt. General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, died on Thursday night at Rashid Hospital following a heart attack.

Following are the latest updates:

The late Dubai Police Chief, Lt Gen Khamis Mattar Al Mazeinah, was laid to rest in Dubai's Al Ghusais graveyard, with hundreds of people praying for him, including shaikhs, top officials and well-wishers from the wider public.

People prayed in at least three separate groups in succession to accommodate the crowds.

Family, some with tears in their eyes, received condolences from the attendees who are trickling out now.

Al Mazeinah died on Thursday night at Rashid Hospital in Dubai.

"He was a very approachable, open and humorous person. He greatly benefitted Dubai Police by establishing various new departments and empowering their heads to be a force for good," said a Pakistani employee in Dubai Police's HR department who was at the burial.

"He was a true gentleman. I heard about his death through colleagues on Thursday night."

Dubai Police is directing the rush of cars and traffic leading to the huge public graveyard on Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road.

Eerlier, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, accompanied by Lt General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, and Shaikh Maktoum Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, led the Friday prayers at the Zabeel Grand Mosque, which will be followed by funeral prayers for Lt Gen Al Mazeina.

Hundreds of well-wishers have gathered at the Zabeel Mosque to attend the funeral prayer for Lt. General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, who died on Thursday night.

The funeral prayer was held after the Friday prayers.

Security is tight. A few expats too have arrived for prayers and respects. Zabeel Mosque, located in the namesake area, is also formally known as Shaikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum Grand Mosque. 

Condolences pour in

Lt General Al Mazeina died on Thursday night at Rashid Hospital after he was rushed there following a heart attack.Condolences poured in from early Friday morning.

Shaikh Mohammad condoled with the family of the Dubai Police Chief in a series of tweets on Friday morning, one of which states. “My personal condolences to the family of Khamis Matar and his companions, the people of Dubai and the people of the UAE…”

He was previously the deputy commander of Dubai Police.

Earlier Lt Gen Al Mazeina was the director of the general directorate for criminal investigations at Dubai Police, a role he took over in 2000.