Brutal Murder of a Woman in Yemen

A horrific incident unfolds

A woman from Al-Maafer district in Taiz province in southwestern Yemen was brutally murdered by her family members in front of her two children, one of whom is no more than 3 years old.

Local sources said a woman named “Mithak Muhammad Saeed Abdu Saleh Al-Ardi (27)” was killed after several members of her family tied her up and brutally tortured her, then shot her in the head and killed her instantly.

The sources indicate that the injured girl is divorced, has two sons, she has neither a father nor a mother, and her two brothers are dead, and her grandfather and uncle, “her father’s brother”, were involved in the execution. crime.

There were conflicting reports about the reasons for the girl’s murder, claiming that an unknown Facebook account posted her photos, which angered a number of her family members who committed the crime under the pretext of “honour”, and that the girl inherited a large fortune, and her relatives killed her, with intent on inheriting.

Sources said that the perpetrators involved in the murder of “Metak” fled amid complete silence from local residents and public figures, who ignored the intervention and containment of the perpetrators.

She added that the woman’s body was transferred to the hospital refrigerator against the backdrop of human rights activists’ demands for the security services to begin their duties of opening an investigation into the incident, searching for the criminals, detaining them and bringing them to justice.

Outrage and demands for justice

The crime was met with general indignation and indignation, and activists called for the hashtag #Who_Injustice_Methaq_Al-Ardi demanding that human rights organizations and interested bodies force the intelligence services to fulfill their duty to open an investigation into the incident, track down the perpetrators, arrest them and bring them to justice.

Dozens of people gathered today, Tuesday, to demonstrate in front of the Government Complex, the prosecutor’s office and the Al-Maafer court in Taiz to demand the arrest of Mitak’s killers and demand that the competent authorities do their part.