Shaikh Rashid dies of heart attack

Dubai: Shaikh Rashid Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum died of heart attack on Saturday. He was 34.

Funeral prayers will be held after Maghrib prayers at Zabeel Mosque.

A three-day mourning period has been declared in Dubai. UAE flags will be flown at half mast during the mourning period.

“We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return,” the Dubai Ruler Court said as it mourned Shaikh Rashid’s death on Saturday.

Shaikh Rashid was the eldest son of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

Shaikh Rashid was a keen horse lover and was the owner of Zabeel Stables.

-Gulf News