Father, sons accused of killing teen over her ‘Western’ lifestyle

Dutch prosecutors demanded Friday {that a} Muslim father and his two sons might be jailed for as much as 25 years for allegedly drowning an 18-year-old relative as a result of they believed her “Western” conduct introduced disgrace to the household.

The physique of Syrian lady Ryan Al Najjar was discovered submerged in a lake, along with her fingers and toes tightly certain, close to Joure within the northern Netherlands on Could 28, 2024, six days after her disappearance, in keeping with authorities. Officers arrested her father and two brothers, then aged 22 and 24, and charged them along with her homicide, which prosecutors say doubtless occurred on Could 22.

“They noticed Ryan as a burden that needed to be eliminated,” the Public Prosecution Service mentioned on Friday. “Simply because she was a younger lady who needed to stay her personal life.”

Authorities mentioned her male kin, who come from what they described as a “strict” Muslim household, allegedly killed her as a result of they thought she was “appearing too Western within the eyes of her household.” Al Najjar was reportedly focused after he refused to put on a headband in public settings.

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Ryan Al Najjar was murdered within the Netherlands in Could 2024. (Nationwide Police Power Netherlands)

“The direct explanation for her dying seems to be a stay video on TikTok, displaying Ryan with no scarf and sporting make-up,” prosecutors mentioned Friday. “In response to their experiences, the video is deeply embarrassing to the household because it doesn’t match inside their conventional views.”

“As soon as the suspects turned conscious of the video, they started looking for Ryan,” authorities added. “In response to the Public Prosecution Service, her brothers visited her in Rotterdam and persuaded her to go to a distant location the night earlier than her homicide. She was taken to Knardijk, the place their father joined. She was murdered there.”

Local media NL Times recognized the brothers as Mohamed Al Najjar and Muhanad, and their 53-year-old father as Khaled. All three have been charged with the younger lady’s homicide, whereas their father was accused of orchestrating the killing earlier than doubtless fleeing to Syria, prosecutors mentioned.

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Courtroom sketch of suspects Mohammed Al N. (R) and Muhanad Al N. throughout a listening to in courtroom. The 2 brothers and their father, Khaled Al N., are suspected of the homicide of their sister and daughter, Ryan Al Najjar. (Hollandse Hoogte/Shutterstock)

Investigators say Al Najjar was taken to a distant park the place “nobody for miles might have heard her” calling for assist. Proof confirmed indicators of strangulation and drowning, and roughly 60 toes of tape had been used to tie her up earlier than she was thrown into the water alive. Prosecutors reported that Khaled’s DNA was additionally discovered underneath his daughter’s fingernails, indicating he was current through the homicide.

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The physique of Ryan Al Najjar was discovered within the Oostvaardersplassen nature reserve in Lelystad, the Netherlands. (Pierre Crom)

“[Khaled] fled to Syria instantly after the homicide and let his sons take the blame. Cowardly,” the Public Prosecution Service wrote in an announcement on Friday in keeping with NL Instances. “Khaled has utterly destroyed his household.”

Dutch authorities added that extraditing Khaled might be troublesome as a result of he married a lady in Syria since Al Najjar’s dying, the newspaper reported.

The Public Prosecution Service has advisable a jail sentence of 25 years for the daddy and 20 years for every of the 2 brothers.

The courtroom is predicted to ship its ruling on January 5.

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