Rabia Hamiyeh, a new victim of domestic violence

Rabia Hamiyeh, 35, a mother of two daughters, was found shot dead with three bullets in a pitch in the Beqaa town of Taraya. Circumstances are still unknown about motives of the crime, as said the chief of the ISF Public Relations Department, Colonel Joseph Msallam, who preferred not to comment pending the results of ongoing investigation. L’Orient Le Jour newspaper wrote about more than one version on the murder. While the victim’s mother, Iman, disclosed that the husband’s family trades in prohibited items and that they killed her after she threatened to tell the authorities what she knows. The mother pointed out that her daughter who after the death of her father was brought up in her paternal grandfather’s house, was forced to marry at the age of 14 where she was incessantly beaten and humiliated. Two months ago, the mother went on to say, the victim managed to get the divorce, which possibly contributed to the decision to kill her. According to the in laws family account, the murder is related to the victim’s indecent behavior, and is hence considered a crime of honor, an account that was fully rejected by the victim’s mother. For her part, lawyer Leila Awada from Kafa organization, pointed to an official slackness in monitoring crimes against women, in addition to a laidback and hasty labeling of similar crimes under the category of ‘honor killings’ which was purportedly scraped in 2011. (L’Orient Le Jour, July 13, 2018)
 

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