CENTRAL NEWS
According to a report released by Hengaw Human Rights Organization, on 29 November, a young woman identified as Sargul Habibi (31) was beheaded by her brothers a few kilometers from Sanandaj in an “honor” killing. Sargul Habibi who was a resident of Sanandaj and mother of two young children, was stabbed several times.
Sargul Habibi had been detained by the Sanandaj Police at 11 pm on 29 November after accepting a man who is not a family member or her husband, into her home. The man in Sargul’s home was identified to be a father of two children by the police who detained the two parents. Being informed of the detainment, Sargul’s husband called her family to the police station and told them to take their daughter home, a sign of divorce.
Despite the possibility of violence against her, the on-duty judge handed Sargul over to her brothers at 3am. Sargul’s brutally massacred body was found several kilometers from the county only an hour later.
According to Hengaw sources, that night, Sargul’s two brothers, Hassan and Ismail, introduced themselves to the police and a temporary detention order was issued for them. Sargul’s husband and another person who was with him have also been detained.
Sargul Habibi’s body was buried on Monday in section 11 of Mohammadi Cemetery in Sanandaj in complete silence and without holding any funeral ceremony.
