‘Cowardly’ father, sons drown tragic feminine teen kin over ‘Western way of life’: officers

A Muslim father and his two sons tied up his teen daughter and drowned her in a swamp as a result of they believed her “Western behavior” was shaming their household, in response to Dutch prosecutors.

The physique of Ryan Al Najjar, 18, was discovered gagged, sure with tape and submerged in a marsh May 28, 2024, six days after she vanished from the household’s house in Joure within the north of the Netherlands, the NL Times reported.

Her male kinfolk allegedly murdered her after she adopted a “Western” way of life that included her refusing to put on a scarf, associating with males and utilizing social media.

Mohamed Al Najjar, 23, and his brother Muhanad, 25, are charged with murdering the teenager, whereas her father, Khaled, 53, is accused of orchestrating and taking part within the killing earlier than escaping to Syria.

Ryan was picked up from a home in Rotterdam by her brothers on the night time earlier than her homicide and pushed to a distant location, the place they met up with their father, in response to prosecutors.

Khaled’s DNA was reportedly discovered beneath his daughter’s fingernails, implying he was current for the homicide, which is believed to have taken place simply after midnight May 22, 2024.

“What must she have feared. In the middle of the night, in complete darkness, in a completely isolated place,” the prosecutor mentioned, in response to the outlet.

The father is married to a Syrian lady, making his extradition to the Netherlands harder, in response to Dutch authorities.

“[Khaled] fled to Syria immediately after the murder and left his sons to take the blame. Cowardly,” the Public Prosecution Service wrote in a press release Friday.

“Khaled has completely destroyed his family,” the PPS mentioned.

The father allegedly despatched emails to Dutch media confessing to murdering his daughter whereas claiming his sons weren’t concerned, the NL Times mentioned.

But intercepted chat messages level to the brothers’ energetic involvement within the killing, in response to prosecutors.

“Khaled was the driving force, but without his sons, Ryan would not have been there at all,” prosecutors mentioned of the crime scene.

The two brothers every face 20 years in jail, whereas the daddy may land 25 years when he’s tried in absentia, prosecutors mentioned.

Defense attorneys are scheduled to talk in courtroom Monday. A verdict is predicted Jan 5, 2026.