London attack Emirati victim ‘brain damaged’

One of the three victims of the hammer attack in London on Sunday lost her eye and was left with five percent of her brain function, police said Saturday.

The three Emirati sisters had come to London for shopping and sightseeing. The women had visited high-end stores in the West End on Saturday, according to AFP.

“The main victim suffered life-threatening head and facial injuries, has lost her left eye and significant quantities of blood,” Detective Inspector Adam Ghaboos said.

“Doctors have assessed that she has five percent brain function, although her other organs are in good working function,” he added, without elaborating further.

Another sister suffered two fractures to her skull, a broken left arm and a fractured cheekbone, and is due to undergo two operations in the coming week.

The third victim has a fracture to her skull and a ruptured left eardrum. She was released from hospital on Tuesday but was readmitted the following day with severe head pains.

Three children were asleep in an adjoining room during the attack, but they were unharmed.

Property worth more than £1,000 (1,200 euros, $2,000) was taken and withdrawals totaling £3,000 were made on one of the victims’ bank cards.

London’s four-star Cumberland Hotel, where the the women were attacked on Sunday morning. (Photo courtesy Essentialhotels.co.uk)

Earlier, the father of the three Emirati sisters said the perpetrator intended to kill them.

Jaafar Nasser al-Najjar told Emarat al-Youm newspaper that although his daughters had valuable possessions in their hotel room, the attacker left without stealing anything.

Najjar said he did not know why the perpetrator wanted to kill his daughters, but hitting their heads with a hammer made his intentions clear.

The attack happened at in the early hours of Sunday in a room on the seventh floor of the four-star Cumberland Hotel, next to Hyde Park and the main Oxford Street shopping thoroughfare.

source: alarabiya.net

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