Apparently, Muslim storeowners do not believe in the old adage that ‘the customer is always right.’ Allah Akbar!
CUSTOMER WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT BEING SHORT-CHANGED BY SEVEN CENTS IS BEATEN TO DEATH BY STORE OWNERS
By Paul Thompson
Mail Online
January 20, 2011
A customer who complained about being short-changed by seven cents was beaten to death by the store owners, it has been alleged.
The savage attack, in Miami, Florida, was carried out in front of an off-duty prison officer who had tried to halt the row at the store.
As the officer led Akil Larue Oliver away from the dispute with brothers Nabil and Ragheb Sulaiman they apparently attacked him.
Nabil smashed him over the head with a bottle while his older brother hit him with an iron crowbar.
The blow proved fatal and 34-year-old Mr Oliver died at the scene.
Nabil, 19, was due to surrender his passport this week ahead of his trial on charges of aggravated assault.
But he has fled the U.S. and is believed to have returned to the Middle East.
His brother, 24, remains in prison awaiting trial on charges of second degree murder.
Relatives of the victim as well as Miami officials have expressed outrage that the suspect was able to flee the country.
'I stand with the family and the community in expressing my outrage at the fact that Nabil Sulaiman was allowed to flee the country,' Miami County Commissioner Dennis Moss said.
'The family and the community have gone through enough as a result of this tragic event, and having one of the defendants not answer to the allegations in this case, just adds insult to injury.'
The fatal attack took place in November at the Quick Shop Food Store run by the brothers in Miami.
After buying some food, Mr Oliver believed he had been short-changed.
Other customers said he hurled racist remarks at the brothers, as well as derogatory remarks about their mother and telling them to go back to their own country.
The off-duty prison officer tried to break up the row by escorting him out of the store.
But he returned to continue the argument and was attacked as he was escorted out for a second time.
His killing led to daily demonstrations outside the Sulaimans' shop.
The older brother was denied bail, but his younger brother posted $10,000 bond.
Prosecutors had planned to put Nabil on trial in April, but are now consulting with the State Department to seek an extradition warrant.
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