He did not regret his act. He described his parents as criminals after committing the crime.

The accused of killing his parents has been embracing takfiri ideology for 15 years

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The siblings and relatives of the accused of killing his parents by burning, Ahmed Al-Shehhi, 38 years old, revealed to "Emirates Today" that he embraced takfiri thought 15 years ago, where he became forbidden, analyzed and issued fatwas to his parents and family members, and infidelity for everyone who does not take his advice and misguided beliefs.

Funeral

Residents of Ras Al Khaimah and the Shuhuh tribe held yesterday afternoon the funeral of the killer's father amid great sadness and condemnation of the crime that killed Khalfan Al Shehhi and his wife at the hands of their son Ahmed.

They explained, to «Emirates Today», that the accused carried out his crime and killed his parents suddenly burned, which shocked them to the ugliness of the crime, as they did not think at any moment that his misguided thought may drag him to kill his parents and burn them with fire, noting that the accused did not show any signs of remorse, during their meeting with him at the police station after his arrest, and when asked him about the reason for the crime, he said: "These are criminals."

Khaled Al-Shehhi, 40 years old, the eldest son of the victims, revealed new details in the murder, saying that «the accused entered the father's house after six and a half o'clock last Sunday morning, and he searched for my father and found him on the first floor of the house, blew him to the ground floor and poured gasoline on him, and set fire to his body», and continued «my mother sitting on a chair was shocked, when I saw Ahmed set fire to my father, and shouted at him and says: (It is forbidden for you, this is your father, why do you kill him)."

He explained that «the accused did not care about his mother's entreaties and dragged and poured gasoline on them, and set them on fire», noting that «his brother Hamdan was sleeping in his room, and heard the screams of my father and mother, and when he came out of his room hit the accused and stabbed him with a sword, and hit him on the head until he lost consciousness temporarily, and fled the house».

The maid ran away from the house immediately after seeing Ahmed set fire to his parents' body, he said, and began calling for pedestrians and drivers on the public street.

He explained that «after the workers rescued Hamdan, he immediately called me, and he was screaming and crying and saying (Ahmed killed my father and mother with fire), and continued I did not believe what I heard from Hamdan».

He explained «I went from my home to the family home, and I found my father burning and the fire devoured him as he moved randomly trying to escape from the place, but he fell to the ground», and continued: «I was very shocked, I no longer imagine what is happening in front of me, and I tried to save my father and extinguish the fire, I could not and I began to scream and say (why Ahmed killed my father and my mother), and during that I heard the screams and moans of my mother, so I tried to enter the hall to save her, and I found the whole house burning in front of me and the fire spread everywhere».

He continued: «I called the police more than once, and tried to enter the rooms of the house to save my mother and fetch water, but I did not find any way to put out the fire, and minutes later ambulances, rescue and civil defense came, and they put out the fire and took the father and mother out of the house, and transferred them to the hospital».

They added that his brother Ahmed Jama'i, and holds a degree in «technical engineering», and was an employee in a company in Abu Dhabi until the day of the crime, and continued that «the accused began to embrace the thought of misguidance and takfiri since he was 23 years old, ie 15 years ago, suddenly, where he began to prohibit oud and incense and the use of kohl in the eyes without prior intention, as he became issuing fatwas and infidelity of his parents, brothers and friends, because they do not hear his words or advice as he claims».

He stated that the accused lost his relations with all members of his family, and even his wife and children because of his misguided ideas and exaggeration in religion, as he used to disbelieve anyone who puts kohl in his eyes without prior intention, and disbelieve everyone who smokes cigarettes and watches television or who wears the abaya from the girls of the family, noting that he «interrupted his womb and did not visit his parents for almost two years, and refuses any invitations or family events or respond to his mother's calls».

Khaled Khalfan Al-Shehhi, brother of the accused, Maher Al-Shehhi, brother of his wife, and Sultan Al-Shehhi, his cousin, said during a meeting with "Emirates Today" in the condolence tent yesterday, that the Al-Shehhi tribe completely disavows the heinous crime committed by Ahmed, because it is not related to morals, Islam and humanity, calling on the concerned authorities to quickly execute him in a public place, to be an example to others.

They explained that the accused was refusing to listen to any advice from his brothers or parents, and was an infidel to all Muslim scholars in the Arab world, and pointed out that «the accused was raised in a committed family, praying and fasting like the rest of the moderate Emirati society, and my father considered him one of his close sons, because he was dependent on him before embracing misguided ideas».

They pointed out that all family members used to give him advice, and inform him that they are Muslims like him, and it is not permissible for him to disbelieve them, but he insisted on his beliefs, and began to cut off his relationship with all family members, and did not come to his parents' house to check on them, despite his claim that he is a religious man.

They stated that the accused had previously assaulted his mother, and pushed her with his hands after a quarrel between them, after she tried to advise him, and dissuade him from his misguided thoughts.

For his part, Hamad, the third son of the victims, pointed out that «the accused takfiri, and was infidelity of all people because of his abnormal views», explaining that «despite the love of my father and mother for my brother Ahmed, but he met their benevolence to him with abuse, atonement and murder», pointing to the accused began to embrace takfiri thought since he was 23 years old, where his thoughts caused inconvenience to all family members, «but we were patient with him, perhaps he returns to his senses and rightness, and we did not expect that his takfiri ideas would lead him to burn his parents with fire."

Maher al-Shehhi, the brother-in-law of the accused, stated that «Ahmed has always been beating my sister since he married her, and he prevented her from visiting her family home, despite its proximity to their home», and continued that «the accused tried to assault me with a knife two years ago, because of family disputes».