Zahra from Hermel another fallen women victim of domestic violence

The 22-year old Zahraa Ali Qabut is reportedly the newest victim of domestic violence in Lebanon to have fallen after being shot at by her husband (30 years) in front of her parents’ house in Hermel, Northern Beqaa. According to her parents, Zahraa, who divorced a few months before the murder and has a 14-month old daughter, was expecting her criminal husband to drop her child before committing his crime and running away. In denunciation of what was described as a “horrific crime”, the Lebanese Women Gathering said that the “killing of Zahraa is not an individual case. It rather reflects a whole society putting up with male ‘violence.” Similarly, the activist in the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering, Manar Z3ayter, threw the responsibility on the security and judicial authorities, noting that despite the approval of the law for the protection of women against domestic violence, the Judiciary has not issued any single ruling in this direction. “This is alarming, and we are concerned that this new crime would be treated like former crimes, Z3ayter added. (Al Mustaqbal, Al Diyar, Al Akhbar, March 25 and 29, 2016)