Woman narrowly escapes knife attack

Manama : A woman living in Saar had a narrow escape when a knife-wielding man targeted her at the horse race track in Saar.

She shared her story with DT News in hopes of helping other women. 

“It was a bit dark, so I never noticed him getting close,” Bethany Nash said. “When I spotted him he was already near me.” 

Bethany Nash is from England and has been a long-time resident of Saar.  “I grew up here in Bahrain and I never experienced any such incidents.”

She told DT News that the incident occurred at around 8:00 pm on Thursday when she was at the horse race track for a walk. 

“He was holding a phone with a flashlight,” Nash said. “I had two big dogs with me, but he wasn’t scared.” The dogs were pets and never trained to be aggressive.

As soon as I saw him “he shushed me and pulled out a knife.” 

“I panicked, screamed and ran away,” said Nash. “Fortunately, he also panicked upon hearing my scream.”

“I did not look back and ran towards the residential area,” she said. 

Nash still doesn’t understand the motive. “I didn’t carry a purse or money, so I don’t know what he was after.”

“He was probably targeting the dogs or me,” she added.

Nash told DT News that she has been using the race course for the past four years, almost every day, and never ever faced such an incident. 

She used to go there with her dad, “but other days, I go alone,” Nash said. “I was not expecting anything like this to happen.” 

“This is why I want others to be careful,” she warned. “I know many women, who walk with their dogs and they need to be careful.”

Nash has filed a case at the Budaiya police station. “I have given them the description of the man and the details of the incident.”

“It is worrying that he is still out there and may target others,” Nash said.  

When asked about the man’s ethnicity, she said, “If I had to guess, I would say he looked Bangladeshi, but I cannot be sure.”