Parents arrested for trying to kill their daughter, 17, for refusing arranged marriage.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

Two parents in Washington allegedly tried to choke their 17-year-old daughter to death in an apparent "honor killing" attempt after she refused an arranged marriage with an older man, police said.

Ihsan Ali and his wife, Zahraa Ali, have been charged with attempted murder for the attack outside the teen's school, Timberline High School in Lacey, Washington.

The father also allegedly punched his daughter's boyfriend in the face outside the school, the New York Post reports.

The daughter has not been identified, but told police that her "father had recently been threatening her with honor killing for refusing an arranged marriage with an older man in another country," the police report said.

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/parents-arrested-kill-teen-daughter-arranged-marriage-b2648715.html

[malaise]

1. Good

Rec

[GPV]

2. Some ppl don't deserve kids!

[Polybius]

3. I wonder what country the parents are from, the article didn't say (unless I missed it)

Likely Middle Eastern from the names, but not sure which ones still do arranged marriages.

[cabotnn22]

4. I believe it was Iraq

She was due to fly to Iraq to marry the older guy. Btw, Iraq just made it legal for girls as young as 9 to be married off.

[cabotnn22]

5. I remember the story of Tina Isa

She lived in St. Louis. Her parents killed her for being too westernized. The sad part is it was recorded because her father was under investigation for supporting terrorists. The FBI recorded the whole thing; it was played at the trial. In addition to being a terrorist, her father was also a racist. Part of the reason she was killed was because her boyfriend was African American.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Tina_Isa

[JCMach1]

6. This happens way more than you would think

Here is a double murder that occurred in Dallas;

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2024/10/27/yaser-said-man-convicted-of-killing-daughters-in-2008-speaks-out-in-new-true-crime-show/

Said, who is from Egypt, was controlling and abusive toward his daughters and didn’t want them to have American boyfriends, according to trial testimony. Days before they were killed, Amina and Sarah fled Texas — with the help of their boyfriends — because they feared their father, but later returned.

The teenagers had spoken out before: “He will, without any drama or doubt, kill us,” Amina wrote in an email to her Lewisville High School history teacher.