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A woman was murdered in Zghorta
Date of incident:
September 22, 2017
Death toll:
1 person
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
Lebanese Civilians
On September 22, the body of Rayya Chidiac was found in her parent's home in the town of Mizyara. Autopsies found the body was bruised and bore signs of suffocation, as well as sexual assault.
The doorman - a 26 years-old Syrian -, who came on September 20 to steal without finding any cash in their home, came back on the 22 with ropes, tape, bag and knife to restrict his victim. As she did not have any cash on her, she proposed to give him her jewellery and car; but he refused as he wanted cash to leave to Syria. Afterwards, he assaulted her and killed her, using a nylon bag to suffocate her.
Primary category:
Murder
Secondary Category:
Gender Based Violence [inc. sexual violence]
Classification of conflict (primary):
Individual acts of violence
Violent incidents which do not have a specific or a known political agenda but are caused by the general proliferation of weapons, of trained and untrained soldiers or militants, by the general inefficiency of the Justice system, and past-traditions and histories of violence within society.
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