Rana Husseini; 30/7/06; www.jordantimes.com/index.htm/
A 26-year-old Jordan Valley woman was hacked to death by her mother and sister after delivering a baby out of wedlock, an official told The Jordan Times Saturday. The criminal prosecutor on Saturday charged the 69-year-old mother and her daughter with premeditated murder, the official said. The victim reportedly received multiple axe wounds to different parts of her body while she slept, the official added.
“The victim, who has been divorced for seven years, became pregnant and delivered a baby boy on the day of the murder,” the source said, adding that her enraged mother decided to “kill her to cleanse the family honour.”
“The mother and daughter waited until the victim went to sleep, took an axe and hacked her repeatedly until they made sure she was dead,” the source said. The two then headed to the nearest police station in the Jordan Valley claiming to have killed her “to protect their honour,” the source added.
An autopsy conducted by pathologists Azzam Haddad and Hussein Abul Samen indicated the reason behind the woman’s death was external bleeding. The pathologists also confirmed that the woman did deliver a baby on the day of her murder, the source said. Criminal Prosecutor Mamdouh Najada is expected to conclude his investigation within two weeks and refer the case to the Criminal Court, according to the source.
The victim became the ninth woman reportedly murdered in the Kingdom this year in a murder related to family honour