Roshin
Age: 28
Stabbed to death: September 5, 2023
Residence: Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Origin: Syria
Children: multiple
Perpetrators: brothers Peshang A. (37) and Ahmad A. (28), and cousins Ahmad A. (37) and Walid A. (27)
On September 5, 2023, 28-year-old Roshin was attacked around 11 a.m. by her 37-year-old brother, Peshang, in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. She was stabbed from behind and died at the scene from 28 stab wounds. The murder occurred in the presence of her 3-year-old daughter.
The police arrested Peshang. Officers stated that he admitted he had traveled from Denmark specifically to kill his sister.
Hundreds of phone messages reveal that Roshin’s brothers and cousins believed she should have returned to her parental home after divorcing her cousin Ahmad (37). However, Roshin had other plans and was in a new relationship, which her family disapproved of. Peshang stated: "We are a clan. Everything has its limits."
"Peshang must wait for her," the brothers and cousins wrote to each other. "If she isn’t killed, then she must be disabled. It doesn’t matter. It has to be resolved."
Referring to the phone messages, the Public Prosecutor concluded that Roshin's brothers and cousins jointly planned the murder. Arrangements were made for Peshang, including a weapon, a car, and a place to stay.
Peshang claimed he was "forced by the family" to act. "If I don’t do it, my father will," he said. Peshang was appointed by the clan as the executor because he had no job and no family of his own.
On January 23, 2025, the prosecutor demanded an unconditional prison sentence of 25 years for the brothers Peshang and Ahmad, and cousins Ahmad and Walid, for the (joint) commission of murder.
The judge will deliver a verdict on February 20, 2025.
