Crime & Safety

Two Saudi Men Assault Woman in Tysons Hotel Room: Police

Fairfax County police arrest them for robbery, abduction and other charges.

TYSONS CORNER, VA — Two men from Saudi Arabia are facing robbery, abduction and other charges after they lured a woman to a hotel room early Friday and assaulted her, according to the Fairfax County police.

At about 3 a.m., police officers responded to the hotel in the 1700 block of Tysons Boulevard, where they arrested Naif Awadh Qalil Aldalbahi, 32, and Hammad Bin Moffi Farhaan, 48, according to a police report.

The incident began when the woman decided to meet up with a man whom she connected with on social media. "She joined the man and his acquaintance at a local hotel room to hang out," the police said in a statement.

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The two Saudi men assaulted her, prevented her from leaving the room, and took her cell phone to keep her from calling 911, the police said. The men also assaulted a security guard who responded to the disturbance.

"Both victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries," the police said.

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Aldalbahi was charged with robbery, abduction, destruction of property and preventing another person from summoning law enforcement. Farhaan faces the same charges, as well as sexual battery and assault.

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Images below: Hammad Bin Moffi Farhaan and Naif Awadh Qalil Aldalbahi (FCPD)

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