ABU DHABI // Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed and Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed have visited the two young Emiratis who survived a knife attack in which their mother was killed.
Sheikh Mohammed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and Sheikh Mansour, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, visited Natalie Al Mansoori, 11, and her brother Hamad, 9, at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City on Sunday.
Sheikh Mohammed spoke to the injured youngsters and their family, and was briefed by doctors supervising their treatment.
“The visit of Sheikh Mohammed and Sheikh Mansour had a positive impact on the children, as well as me,” said their father, Ibrahim Al Mansoori.
“It has relieved our grief and this is what we always expect from our Rulers who are with all citizens every time and in all happy and sad situations.”
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed visits Natalie Al Mansoori in Sheikh Khalifa Medical City Hospital on Sunday. Video courtesy family
The children are in a stable condition in hospital. Their father broke the news to them that their mother, Suzan Al Qudat, 39, died in the attack on March 23 at their home in Fujairah.
“Natalie left the intensive care unit two days ago and was taken to paediatric ward. Hamad got upset when told about his mother, but Natalie was more sorrowful because she saw her mother being stabbed, as she told us.
“But I relieved their sadness by telling them their mother is a martyr and about the status of martyrs in heaven. The whole family is with them, relieving their grief,” said Mr Al Mansoori, vice chancellor of Sharjah University’s Khor Fakkan campus.
Both children can walk and eat unaided and a psychiatrist is helping them to cope with the death of their mother, he said.
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Milestones on the road to union
1970
October 26: Bahrain withdraws from a proposal to create a federation of nine with the seven Trucial States and Qatar.
December: Ahmed Al Suwaidi visits New York to discuss potential UN membership.
1971
March 1: Alex Douglas Hume, Conservative foreign secretary confirms that Britain will leave the Gulf and “strongly supports” the creation of a Union of Arab Emirates.
July 12: Historic meeting at which Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid make a binding agreement to create what will become the UAE.
July 18: It is announced that the UAE will be formed from six emirates, with a proposed constitution signed. RAK is not yet part of the agreement.
August 6: The fifth anniversary of Sheikh Zayed becoming Ruler of Abu Dhabi, with official celebrations deferred until later in the year.
August 15: Bahrain becomes independent.
September 3: Qatar becomes independent.
November 23-25: Meeting with Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid and senior British officials to fix December 2 as date of creation of the UAE.
November 29: At 5.30pm Iranian forces seize the Greater and Lesser Tunbs by force.
November 30: Despite a power sharing agreement, Tehran takes full control of Abu Musa.
November 31: UK officials visit all six participating Emirates to formally end the Trucial States treaties
December 2: 11am, Dubai. New Supreme Council formally elects Sheikh Zayed as President. Treaty of Friendship signed with the UK. 11.30am. Flag raising ceremony at Union House and Al Manhal Palace in Abu Dhabi witnessed by Sheikh Khalifa, then Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.
December 6: Arab League formally admits the UAE. The first British Ambassador presents his credentials to Sheikh Zayed.
December 9: UAE joins the United Nations.
