Story By: Feza Uzay, Sub-Editor: Marija Stojkoska, Agency: Newsflash
A father who decided he wanted to marry his 13-year-old daughter ended up beating her to a pulp and dousing her body in paint thinner before setting her on fire because she refused to get married.
She has now been buried in a grave reserved for the homeless after her family did not bother to collect the body.
Ahmet Mohammad Dwala, age not disclosed, a Syrian national of Palestinian origin living in the Turkish province of Sanliurfa, allegedly burnt his daughter Amara Dwala, 13, alive last Thursday (3rd September).
The local news site Duvar reports that Mohammad brutally beat his 13-year-old daughter and then doused her body with paint thinner before setting her alight in the family’s bathroom.
Whilst Amara screamed in agony as she burnt alive in the bathroom, Mohammad allegedly turned on some loud music to drown out the screams.
He then grabbed his other daughter, 12-year-old Lamur Dwala and fled the crime scene.
However, even the loud music failed to drown out the young teen’s screams and the neighbours alerted emergency services.
The medical team arrived and transferred Amara to the hospital, whilst in the ambulance the horrifically burn teen told the ambulance crew that her dad had set her on fire.
Amar died just after she arrived at the hospital and the emergency services immediately contacted the police who began to search for the teen’s dad.
Mohammad Dwala was arrested shortly after by the local authorities whilst Lamur was taken into state protection.
Mohammad reportedly denied all accusations during his interrogation.
The police found that the suspect was already wanted for fatally stabbing a young man who molested his daughter and for allegedly burning one of his ex-wives with boiling water.
The local news site Onedio reports that Amara’s mother, who was not named, lives in Lebanon with her new husband and was informed by authorities of her daughter’s death.
Amara’s mother and other family members didn’t claim her body and as a result, the state took charge of her funeral.
The 13-year-old girl was buried in the absence of her family in a section of the Yeni Asri Cemetery reserved for the homeless.
The investigation is ongoing.
