Police seriously wounded a customs official Friday in a shootout at al-Fujairah airport, the official Emirates News Agency WAM reported.
A security official told AP the customs officer Mohammed Abdullah al-Abdouli, in his twenties, entered a restricted area of the airport and was challenged by police. He opened fire and police responded, wounding him in the neck, WAM said.
According to the London-based Asharq al Awsat newspaper, al-Abdouli entered the area and tried to fire on an American military helicopter that landed in the airport.
The airport, in the emirate of al-Fujairah on the Arabian Sea, is used by both civilian and military planes. Al-Abdouli was arrested and taken for treatment, the agency said. He will be interrogated after he has recovered from his wound, the agency said. (Albawaba.com)
