PM:06:58:23/05/2022
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SULAIMANI — Saad Barzinji, the director of Bardarash
police, said a woman was killed in the district on Monday (May 23).
Barzinji said the main
suspect was the victim’s husband, who has fled. He added an investigation is
underway.
NRT learned the victim
was 31 years old and was the mother of five children.
Eleven women were
killed in the Kurdistan Region over just the first two months of 2022, the majority
by gunshot, according to Sulaimani officials cited by Al Monitor.
UNICEF announced gender-based
violence increased by 125 percent between the years of 2020 and 2021, with more
than 22,000 cases, according to a report by Al Monitor in March.
(NRT Digital Media)