Kuwait murder prompts renewed cries for greater safety for women MalaysiaNow 2 hrs ago © Provided by MalaysiaNow
The murder last week of a young Kuwaiti woman by a harasser has unleashed a wave of outrage across the tiny oil-rich Persian Gulf sheikhdom.
Farah Hamza Akbar was murdered last week despite earlier pleas from her family to the authorities to protect her from her harasser who reportedly abducted her in front of her daughter and niece.
A statement from the interior ministry said a man seized Farah from her car and took her to an unknown location before leaving her outside a hospital where she was found and pronounced dead.
Kuwaiti woman's murder spurs demands for change
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Dubai: The Kuwaiti man accused of killing a woman in Sabah Al Salem last week was charged with first-degree murder, which is punishable by death in Kuwait, the country’s public prosecution announced.
Farah Hamza Akbar was abducted by the Kuwaiti man last Tuesday. He allegedly stabbed her and dumped her outside Adan Hospital in Mubarak Al Kabeer. The victim later succumbed to her injuries.
According to reports, the suspect wanted to marry the victim, but her family rejected his proposal. The woman’s family said they had filed several cases at several police stations and with some public prosecutors, but the man was not kept in custody.
Kuwait protesters call for greater protection for women Farah Hamza Akbar was on Tuesday taken from her car by a man who later stabbed her and left her outside a hospital, the family s lawyer and Kuwait s Interior Ministry said. April 23, 2021 at 11:31 am People predominantly women gather to be against gender-based violence during a protest over a murder of Sabah Al-Salem who refused to marry a man outside Kuwait National. Assembly in Kuwait City, Kuwait on 22 April 2021. [Jaber Abdulkhaleg – Anadolu Agency] People predominantly women gather to be against gender-based violence during a protest over a murder of Sabah Al-Salem who refused to marry a man outside Kuwait National. Assembly in Kuwait City, Kuwait on 22 April 2021. [Jaber Abdulkhaleg – Anadolu Agency]
Outrage in Kuwait after woman stabbed to death by man she reported repeatedly for harassment
By The Washington Post
Miriam Berger
Farah Hamza Akbar filed two police complaints against a man she said harassed and threatened her for more than a year. But that wasn t enough to keep her safe.
He was detained, according to media reports, but released on bail. Late on Tuesday, her bleeding body, with a stab wound to the heart, was found dumped in front of a hospital south of Kuwait City.
The man, whose name authorities have not yet released, is once again in custody. Authorities say he confessed to stabbing Akbar after crashing his car into hers and kidnapped her and her two children. He left her body at the hospital and fled the scene. Local media reported that Akbar and her family had refused the man s marriage proposal.
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