An Asian man stabbed his father to death at his home in Kalba and fled before he was arrested by Sharjah police.
Newspapers said the man, 36, told police that he had a heated argument with his father at their home in the Eastern town and that he stabbed him with a kitchen knife.
The father was rushed to hospital in Kalba with serious stab wounds but he died in the intensive care unit despite efforts by doctors to save his life.