Man charged with premeditated murder of his teenage sister

AMMAN — The criminal prosecutor on Saturday charged a 20-year-old man with the premeditated murder of his teenage sister in Zarqa over the weekend.

The 17-year-old victim received multiple stab wounds, allegedly inflicted by her brother, who took her to a nearby hospital and left, a senior official source said.

“The victim was declared dead upon arrival at the hospital,” the source told The Jordan Times, adding that her brother returned to the hospital for treatment because his arm was injured.

“Police became suspicious and questioned him about his wounds and discovered that he was the perpetrator in the stabbing death of the girl who was taken to the hospital,” the source explained.

The brother claimed family honour as his motive, “since his sister was involved in an affair with a man and they were married by the governor some six months before the incident”. 

The victim’s husband was recently sent to prison and the “brother decided to murder his sister,” the source added.

Pathologists Ibrahim Obeidat and Wael Hiasat performed an autopsy on the victim and determined that she died of multiple stab wounds to the stomach and chest.

Criminal Court Prosecutor Ali Raqqad ordered the suspect detained at a correctional and rehabilitation centre pending further investigation into the incident. 

Meanwhile, two brothers were charged on Saturday with the premeditated murder of their sister in an Amman suburb over the weekend, according to an official source.

The brothers reportedly shot their 37-year-old sister at her home on Friday and fled, the source said.

The police arrested them later. The source did not provide any further details regarding the murder or a motive.

Raqqad issued orders for the two brothers’ detention at a correctional and rehabilitation centre pending further investigation.