Iraq - Young Lady + Her Parents Stabbed to Death in Their Home

SimoneFlen' · #1 ● 12-04-2020, 10:01 AM

On the evening of 15th September 2020 in Baghdad (Iraq), 3 members of a Kurdish family were murdered in their home.

D.R. + his wife, A.R., were stabbed to death in their bathroom. Their daughter, S.D.R. was beaten + killed in her bedroom. Their home was also robbed.

'S' had participated in the anti-government protests in Tahrir Square. Several others who had protested there had been killed by death squads, leading police to believe that this was the case with the family's deaths.

'S', who worked as a pharmacist, + her parents, both retired doctors, were buried in Sulaimani on the 17th.

36 year old 'N' was arrested + confessed to the murders. He stated:

I've known 'S's father for four years. Two days ago, I needed some money because I was in debt. I visited him in his apartment...I asked him to lend me a certain amount of money, but he refused saying 'I do not have it'. We fought; there was a knife near me. I grabbed it and stabbed him. He fell to the ground.

As I tried to remove evidence of the crime, his wife returned. I was in shock. She started to scream. I stabbed her as well. She fell to the ground.

I took the bodies to the bathroom and turned the taps on. At this point, 'S' returned and saw everything...I tried to calm her down, but she wouldn't. She hit me over the head with an ashtray. I punched her twice and she fell. There was a pillow nearby, with which I smothered her. I again tried to remove what was left of the crime, but I didn't know what to do.

After killing the family, he went in search for money + found "around $10,000". Taking the money, the family's mobile phones + the murder weapon, he fled the scene via taxi.

I went to one of the hotels. I wanted to travel abroad from Erbil. The next day I wanted to get a visa, for Turkey or any other place, but I couldn't get one, so I returned to the hotel. As soon as I arrived back, I was captured.

A neighbour said of the family "'D' was a very peaceful man." Another stated "they were the best people, very honorable and had no issues. We are shocked. This incident will never be easy to forget."