Altercation at salon results in fatal stabbing

Haircutter attacked client with scissors during argument over ‘wrong cut’


Our Correspondent December 16, 2023

KARACHI:

A dispute over a haircut took a horrifying turn as a 25-year-old man, Abdul Rehman Ali, lost his life at the hands of a hairstylist, Ibrahim, who allegedly stabbed him with a pair of scissors before fleeing the scene. The incident unfolded at a salon located in the Saiful Goth area within the Sindh Industrial and Trading Estate (SITE) Superhighway.

According to eyewitnesses, the confrontation escalated from a disagreement over the haircut that Ibrahim had given Rehman. Initially, the exchange of discontent took the form of verbal disputes, with both parties exchanging heated words.

The situation took a deadly turn when, in a fit of anger, Ibrahim seized a pair of pointed haircutting scissors from the salon counter and inflicted a fatal stab wound to Rehman’s neck. Ibrahim hastily fled the scene, leaving Rehman collapsing on the ground. Police moved the body to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for necessary legal procedures.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 16th, 2023.

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