Mother charged for selling daughter, young man kills fiancée and commits suicide

In the latest incidents of violence against children and women, the government commissioner at the military court, Judge Peter Germanus, prosecuted a young woman, M.H on Tuesday for attempting to abandon her little girl and sell her to a family for adoption in return for money, and sergeant M.K for involvement in the case in clear violation to military instructions. Germanus referred the case to the first military investigative judge, Riad Abu Ghaida, requesting the issuance of two arrest warrants against the defendants, based on articles punishable by one to three years in prison. Recalling, the above case was uncovered during a television program. On the same day, the bodies of the young man, M.S and his fiancé S.N were found with multiple shots at the house of H.S in Nasriyeh, north of Hermel. Preliminary investigation showed that the young man has taken his life after he shot dead his fiancé.  (Al Mustaqbal, October 17, 2018)

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