Honour killing story
born: 1984
stabbed to death: June 3, 2012
Residence: Schwäbisch Gmünd
Origin: Turkey
Children: 2 sons (4+7 years)
Perpetrator: her divorced husband Hamdi (31 years)
The marriage of Nejla and Hamdi is violent, the police in Schwäbisch Hall know that. She flees once to a women's shelter, he gets a warning from the police. At the beginning of 2012 Nejla divorces her unemployed husband and moves with her two sons to Schwäbisch-Gmünd. Guardianship is shared.
Probably she will let Hamdi into her apartment on June 3, 2012 anyway. There may be a friend present to warn Nejla. Hamdi cuts his wife's throat and then calls the police. The children (who may have witnessed the crime) are first placed under the care of youth welfare, later in a foster family.
In December 2012 Hamdi is sentenced to almost 13 years imprisonment for murder by the court of Ellwangen.
What is an honour killing? |
An honour killing is a murder in the name of honour. If a brother murders his sister to restore family honour, it is an honour killing. According to activists, the most common reasons for honour killings are as the victim:
Human rights activists believe that 100,000 honour killings are carried out every year, most of which are not reported to the authorities and some are even deliberately covered up by the authorities themselves, for example because the perpetrators are good friends with local policemen, officials or politicians. Violence against girls and women remains a serious problem in Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Iran, Serbia and Turkey. |
Latest posts
-
Husband Kills Wife and Man in Gilan, Iran
-
Woman shot dead in front of her 4-year-old son in Rijswijk, Netherlands
-
Honor Killing in Darrehshahr, Iran: 17-Year-Old Girl Murdered by Her Father
-
Honour Killings in Swat, Pakistan: Woman and Three Daughters Murdered
-
Honor Killing in Gwalior, India: Father Strangles His Daughter
-
Femicide in Sib and Soran, Iran: Man Murders Wife and Mother-in-Law
-
Honour Killing in Bhanpura, India: Father Arrested for Murdering His Daughter
-
Honor killing in Khorasan Razavi, Iran: two sisters murdered
-
Honour Killing in Pakistan’s Punjab province: Young woman burned alive by her husband
-
Stop Femicide Iran releases an 18-month report on lethal violence against women and girls in Iran