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American Military News
2 days ago
- American Military News
Video: Iraqi parents on trial for attempted ‘honor killing' of teen daughter in Washington
Two Iraqi parents in Washington state are currently facing trial in the Thurston County Superior Court for allegedly attempting to execute an 'honor killing' of their 17-year-old daughter after she refused to go to a foreign country as part of an arranged marriage to an older man. According to Fox News, 44-year-old Ihsan Ali and 40-year-old Zahraa Ali have been charged with second-degree attempted murder, first-degree attempted kidnapping, second-degree attempted kidnapping, and second-degree domestic violence assault. Zahraa Ali has also been charged with second-degree burglary and for violating a domestic violence protective order, while Ihsan has been charged with fourth-degree assault. Fox News reported that the alleged 'honor killing' attempt occurred outside Timberline High School in Lacey, Washington, on October 18, 2024. The outlet noted that the 17-year-old victim told law enforcement officials that her Ihsan Ali was 'trying to force her to go to another country, which had prompted her to run away earlier in the day.' The victim explained that she was planning to travel on a city bus from the school to a local shelter that her school counselor had helped her find. However, an affidavit obtained by Fox News claimed that Ihsan Ali allegedly approached the victim while she was waiting for the bus and told her that she 'needed to go home.' READ MORE: Video: Parents violently choke their own daughter in 'honor killing' incident 'He would not take no for an answer and began pulling at her shirt,' the affidavit stated. 'She said that once she was placed into a choke hold, she was unable to breathe or speak, and then passed out.' The affidavit also noted that the 17-year-old claimed she lost consciousness multiple times as her father attempted to choke her. According to The Post Millennial, eyewitnesses of the attempted 'honor killing' incident explained that the victim's father repeatedly told her, 'It's not right… you are not supposed to this,' while he placed her in a chokehold. A graphic video shared on X, formerly Twitter, shows students and other bystanders trying to help the victim as her father continued to choke her. The 17-year-old's boyfriend, who was allegedly punched by Zahraa Ali while attempting to intervene in the incident, told law enforcement officials he thought his girlfriend was 'going to die while her father was choking her out on the ground.' According to KOMO News, the victim and her boyfriend were ultimately able to escape from the incident, ran inside the school, and reported that the victim's father had attempted to kill her. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: 📍 Lacey, WA Attempted Honor Killing Ihsan Ali attempted to choke his 17 year old daughter to death outside Timberline High School. The attempted 'honor killing' was after she refused an arranged marriage to an older man in another country. Bless those who helped her. 🙏 — PNW Conservative (@UnderWashington) November 17, 2024
Fox News
5 days ago
- Fox News
Video of suspected 'honor killing' plot resurfaces as parents stand trial for attempted murder
The trial for a Washington father and his wife accused of trying to kill their 17-year-old daughter in October 2024 is slated to begin Monday. Ihsan Ali, 44, and his 40-year-old wife, the victim's mother, Zahraa Ali, are charged with second-degree attempted murder, second-degree attempted kidnapping, first-degree attempted kidnapping, and second-degree domestic violence assault in Thurston County. Additionally, Ihsan Ali is charged with fourth-degree assault and Zahraa Ali is charged with violation of a domestic violence protective order and second-degree burglary. The parents' alleged Oct. 18, 2024, attack on their own teenage daughter may have been a possible "honor killing" attempt, according to witness accounts detailed in court documents obtained by Fox News Digital. The victim told police that her father was "trying to force her to go to another country, which had prompted her to run away earlier in the day." She went to her former public school, Timberline High School in Lacey County, believing she could get help from adults there, and her father, mother and sister allegedly followed her to the school, an affidavit filed on Oct. 24, 2024, states. The 17-year-old girl said a school counselor helped her find a room at "Safe Haven," and her plan was to take a city bus from the school to get there. While waiting for the city bus, the victim's father allegedly approached her and "said she needed to go home," the affidavit states. "He would not take no for an answer and began pulling at her shirt. She said that once she was placed into a choke hold, she was unable to breathe or speak, and then passed out," the affidavit says, adding later that the victim believes she lost consciousness several times while her father allegedly choked her. Video footage of the attack recently obtained by The Daily Mail shows part of the fight unfolding at the public bus stop. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Alis' attorney, Erik Kaeding, for comment. Multiple witness accounts detailed in the affidavit say the victim's father approached and attacked the victim while the victim's 16-year-old boyfriend got between the two and tried to intervene. The victim's father allegedly punched the 16-year-old boy, who in turn began "punching Ishan [Ali] in the head to get him to let go of [the victim]." Witnesses also described seeing the victim's eyes roll back while her father allegedly choked her, according to court documents. The victim's boyfriend's mother later told police that she had been present once for a CPS interview with the 17-year-old victim in which she apparently stated that "her father had recently been threatening her with honor killing for refusing an arranged marriage with an older man in another country." The victim's boyfriend told police he believed the 17-year-old victim was "going to die while her father was choking her out on the ground," the affidavit reads. The victim also said she "thought she was going to die" and recalled her mother and sister "trying to grab hold of her" during the incident. READ THE AFFIDAVIT: While the fight was underway, a bystander witness saw Ishan Ali put the girl in a chokehold "and would not let go." He intervened "and was eventually able to get the female to break away and detained Ishan for law enforcement as he was the primary aggressor," court documents read. The boyfriend's father, Victor Barnes, previously told FOX 13 Seattle that he is glad his son "was there to save [the victim's] life" but added that he needs "more explanation about why the adults were so careless." He told the outlet an adult should have escorted the victim to the bus stop rather than his 16-year-old son. "High school for me is a time I'd never forget. It was probably some of the four funniest years of my life, and it's unfortunate he would have to experience something like this in high school," said Barnes. He further told the outlet that he had to file a restraining order against the victim's parents because they kept showing up to his family's home looking for the victim prior to the assault, FOX 13 reported.
Daily Mail
06-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Boy fights off girl's Muslim parents who tried to strangle her
A teenage boy has described how he saved his girlfriend's life as her parents allegedly tried to strangle her in an 'honor killing'. Ihsan Ali, 44, and his wife Zahraa Subhi Mohsin Ali, 40, are charged with second-degree attempted murder and attempted kidnapping after the attack on October 18. The girl, 17, who can't be named, ran away from home to Timberline High School in Lacey, Washington, after her parents tried to put her on a plane to Iraq. 'Her father had recently been threatening her with honor killing for refusing an arranged marriage with an older man in another county,' the girl told police. Video showed Ihsan on the ground with his daughter in a chokehold outside the school, while classmates desperately tried to free her. Ihsan and Zahraa both pleaded not guilty and are expected to go on trial in July. The girl met her boyfriend at the school after she fled her home and school officials arranged for her to stay at a women's shelter. However, the school did not arrange transport there, so the couple went outside to catch a bus, and spotted Ihsan's pickup truck in the car park. The teenage boy explained to police in an interview on November 6 that a friend told him Ihsan had seen them and was heading their way. '[The girl] was scared, shaking, and had a tremble in her voice,' Detective Julie Mullen wrote in a report obtained by The boy stood between his girlfriend and her father as they tried to get to the bus as it arrived, and attempted to separate them when Ihsan tried to pull her away. Ihsan then allegedly punched him in the head and he remembered falling down and everything going black. '[He] said when he got up [the girl's] dad was "choking" her and [two other students] punched [Ihsan] in the face and people were yelling to call 911,' Mullen wrote. 'He started punching her dad in the face but he continued to choke [the girl] and said others were trying to pull her out while he continued to punch her dad in the head. 'He continued to punch Ishan until his "head got soft" and he got knocked out.' The boy then helped his girlfriend off the ground, but she 'couldn't breathe' and didn't know what was going on. Just as he was helping her to his feet, he alleged Zahraa and the girl's eldest sister Haneen, 21, came up behind them and pushed him out of the way to get to her. He told police he tried to 'fight them off' by putting up his arm up and pushing them away, and in the melee the girl and Zahraa were pushed to the ground. 'Once [the girl] and her mom were on the ground, her mom put her arm around her neck and started choking her,' Mullen wrote. He said that as he tried to pull the girl away from Zahraa, Haneen yelled 'what are you doing this?' at him. The boy was eventually able to pull his girlfriend to her feet and then away from Haneen when she allegedly grabbed her, and fled towards the school. The teenager suffered a 'boxer's fracture' to his finger as he tried to get Ishan off his girlfriend, and bruises and scratches on his head and face. He wasn't diagnosed with a concussion but had symptoms such as sensitivity to light and headaches when he tried to watch TV or play video games. His mother told police it 'took him several days to talk about the incident without crying'. The boy also told police about an earlier incident at the school with Zahraa on September 16 last year where she attacked him. The girl also detailed her father's alleged threats to kill her for dating an American boy, and refusing an arranged marriage. 'If I could kill you, I would kill you, but I can't do that. I can't do that because there's cops and CPS people involved right now because of you,' she claimed he said. 'And I can't touch you because you will immediately go to the school.' The girl told police Ihsan another time told her he wanted to 'hurt her so badly but there are cops here' but also told her how he would 'kill her no matter what happens' and he 'did not care if anyone saw him'. Police bodycam footage obtain by showed officers arriving at the school and arresting Ihsan, who demanded to speak to his daughter. 'Just let me tell her to come home - not like that. If I tell her to go home, she will go home,' he insisted, but police ignored him. Officers then had to deal with Zahraa and Haneen, who were hysterical and only left after Zahraa was allowed to speak to Ihsan.
Daily Mail
22-06-2025
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Hero schoolboy tells how he saved girlfriend when her Muslim parents tried to strangle her in 'honor killing'
A heroic teenage boy has described how he saved his girlfriend's life as her parents allegedly tried to strangle her in an 'honor killing'. Ihsan Ali, 44, and his wife Zahraa Subhi Mohsin Ali, 40, are charged with second-degree attempted murder and attempted kidnapping after the attack on October 18. The girl, 17, who can't be named, ran away from home to Timberline High School in Lacey, Washington, after her parents tried to put her on a plane to Iraq. 'Her father had recently been threatening her with honor killing for refusing an arranged marriage with an older man in another county,' the girl told police. Shocking video showed Ihsan on the ground with his daughter in a chokehold outside the school, while classmates desperately tried to free her. Ihsan and Zahraa both pleaded not guilty and are expected to go on trial in July. The girl met her boyfriend at the school after she fled her home and school officials arranged for her to stay at a women's shelter. However, the school did not arrange transport there, so the couple went outside to catch a bus, and spotted Ihsan's pickup truck in the car park. The teenage boy explained to police in an interview on November 6 that a friend told him Ihsan had seen them and was heading their way. '[The girl] was scared, shaking, and had a tremble in her voice,' Detective Julie Mullen wrote in a report obtained by the Daily Mail. The boy stood between his girlfriend and her father as they tried to get to the bus as it arrived, and attempted to separate them when Ihsan tried to pull her away. Ihsan then allegedly punched him in the head and he remembered falling down and everything going black. '[He] said when he got up [the girl's] dad was "choking" her and [two other students] punched [Ihsan] in the face and people were yelling to call 911,' Mullen wrote. 'He started punching her dad in the face but he continued to choke [the girl] and said others were trying to pull her out while he continued to punch her dad in the head. 'He continued to punch Ishan until his "head got soft" and he got knocked out.' The boy then helped his girlfriend off the ground, but she 'couldn't breathe' and didn't know what was going on. Just as he was helping her to his feet, he alleged Zahraa and the girl's eldest sister Haneen, 21, came up behind them and pushed him out of the way to get to her. He told police he tried to 'fight them off' by putting up his arm up and pushing them away, and in the melee the girl and Zahraa were pushed to the ground. 'Once [the girl] and her mom were on the ground, her mom put her arm around her neck and started choking her,' Mullen wrote. He said that as he tried to pull the girl away from Zahraa, Haneen yelled 'what are you doing this?' at him. The boy was eventually able to pull his girlfriend to her feet and then away from Haneen when she allegedly grabbed her, and flee towards the school. The brave teenager suffered a 'boxer's fracture' to his finger as he tried to get Ishan off his girlfriend, and bruises and scratches on his head and face. He wasn't diagnosed with a concussion but had symptoms such as sensitivity to light and headaches when he tried to watch TV or play video games. His mother told police it 'took him several days to talk about the incident without crying'. The boy also told police about an earlier incident at the school with Zahraa on September 16 last year where she attacked him. He explained the incident was sparked by Zahraa seeing him and the girl kiss three times outside the school. The girl told him her 'life was ruined' after she realized that her mother had spotted them. '[The girl's] mom grabbed his arm and told him to get in her car but he continued to walk to the bus. [The boy] said he was yelling and causing a scene,' Mullen wrote. The girl earlier told police in a three-hour interview with police on October 24 that she ran away because she was terrified of being taken to Iraq where she would be married off, abused, and forced to have children - never to return home. She explained that after her boyfriend was knocked to the floor with his eyes closed, Ihsan grabbed her in a viscous attack. '[The girl] said her dad yanked her down and put her in a headlock. She said he was "choking" her "really hard" and she remembered grabbing his arm but then passed out,' police wrote. From there, her memory of Ihsan's attack ended, and she only knew what happened by watching the video of her boyfriend and classmates heroically saving her life. But the attempt on her life was not over, as Zahraa allegedly seized her and tried to finish the 'honor killing'. 'Someone pushed them to the ground, and then her mom started to choke her and was screaming in her ear,' Mullen wrote. The girl also detailed her father's alleged threats to kill her for dating an American boy, and refusing an arranged marriage. 'If I could kill you, I would kill you, but I can't do that. I can't do that because there's cops and CPS people involved right now because of you,' she claimed he said. 'And I can't touch you because you will immediately go to the school.' The girl told police Ihsan another time told her he wanted to 'hurt her so badly but there are cops here' but also told her how he would 'kill her no matter what happens' and he 'did not care if anyone saw him'. Police bodycam footage obtain by showed officers arriving at the school and arresting Ihsan, who demanded to speak to his daughter. 'Just let me tell her to come home - not like that. If I tell her to go home, she will go home,' he insisted, but police ignored him. Officers then had to deal with Zahraa and Haneen, who were hysterical and only left after Zahraa was allowed to speak to Ihsan. These are some of the cuts, welts, and broken bones the teenage girl suffered when her parents allegedly tried to strangle her in an 'honor killing' Police did not realize Zahraa also allegedly tried to kill her daughter until four days later, leaving her free to continue looking for her daughter, who was in hiding. Zahraa drove her youngest children, two boys aged five and three, into Canada and dropped them off with an Ihsan's brother and mother, who lived there. She then returned to Washington before trying to cross into Canada a second time with a 'notable quantity of baggage' on the night of October 22, but was arrested by customs officers.
Daily Mail
15-06-2025
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Girl's harrowing account of how Muslim parents tried to strangle her in 'honor killing' outside American school
A schoolgirl has described the moment her parents allegedly tried to strangle her in an 'honor killing' after she ran away to escape a forced marriage. Ihsan Ali, 44, and his wife Zahraa Subhi Mohsin Ali, 40, are charged with second-degree attempted murder and attempted kidnapping after the attack on October 18. The girl, 17, who can't be named, ran away from home to Timberline High School in Lacey, Washington, after her parents tried to put her on a plane to Iraq. 'Her father had recently been threatening her with honor killing for refusing an arranged marriage with an older man in another county,' the girl told police. Shocking video showed Ihsan on the ground with his daughter in a chokehold outside the school, while classmates desperately tried to free her. Ihsan and Zahraa both pleaded not guilty and are expected to go on trial in July. The girl told police in a three-hour interview with police on October 24 she was terrified of being taken to Iraq where she would be married off, abused, and forced to have children - never to return home. She went to Iraq when she was 16 to visit extended family, but was repulsed by 'how they treated women' compared to her life in the US. 'If she went outside, she had to be completely covered and the men would still look at the women. She described it as "disgusting",' Detective Julie Mullen wrote in a report obtained by the Daily Mail. Zahraa stayed behind in Iraq another three months, and when she returned, the girl was dismayed to be told they had bought a house there and would all be moving back. 'She said her fear of going to Iraq was not returning (to the US), getting abused and that her family might try to kill her,' police wrote. 'She also concerned that someone would try to "get with her", beat her and try to have kids with her.' Whether the planned move was abandoned or was merely a longer-term plan was unclear, and the girl began dating an American boy in early 2024. After Ihsan discovered the relationship, he pulled her out of school and bought most of the family plane tickets to Iraq for an arranged marriage. The girl told police she made her family think she would go, but was secretly planning her escape - only allowing them to pack clothes she didn't want to keep. She awoke at 4am on the day of the flight and was able to sneak out by 6am after her sister went back to bed. By 6.12am she was on the bus and waited at Safeway and Walmart until Timberline opened at 7am, dodging her parents as they drove around looking for her. Eventually she made it to the school and was kept in an office while staff worked out a plan for her to stay at a women's refuge. However, the school did not arrange transport for her, so she went out the front with her 16-year-old boyfriend to catch a bus. That's when she spotted Ihsan's truck in the car park and 'started panicking and her heart was racing'. Suddenly, he was in front of her. At first he was calm, quiet, and smiling, telling her she needed to come home. Having allegedly suffered horrific abuse at his hands, she didn't fall for it. '[The girl] said that was not like her dad and she felt if she went home, she was going to be beat or they were going to make fun of her,' police wrote. She told police her father said 'Heron' in Arabic, which meant, 'It's not right, you're not supposed to be doing this'. The boyfriend put a protective hand on her back as she confronted her father, but this only enraged Ihsan more. Just as the bus arrived, and while other students were recording the scene on their phones, Ihsan allegedly punched him in the head. With the boyfriend knocked to the floor with his eyes closed, Ihsan grabbed his daughter in a viscous attack. '[The girl] said her dad yanked her down and put her in a headlock. She said he was "choking" her "really hard" and she remembered grabbing his arm but then passed out,' police wrote. From there, her memory of Ihsan's attack ended, and she only knew what happened by watching the video of her boyfriend and classmates heroically saving her life. But the attempt on her life was not over, as Zahraa allegedly seized her and tried to finish the 'honor killing'. '[The girl] said she also recalled someone else grabbing her but she didn't know it was her mom at first,' police wrote in the report. 'Someone pushed them to the ground, and then her mom started to choke her and was screaming in her ear. 'Her mom wasn't choking her that hard and she was trying to tell her mom she was choking her but she couldn't say anything.' The girl then described how her eldest sister Haneen, 21, who is not charged with a crime, allegedly tried to fight off students trying to stop Zahraa. As she tried to get to her feet, she said Haneen was yelling at her boyfriend not to touch Zahraa or herself. '[The girl] said she got up and Haneen was grabbing onto her and when she let go she and ran and she was screaming,' police wrote. The girl and her boyfriend ran inside the school with Zahraa in hot pursuit, but her mother was prevented from entering out and the campus put on lockdown. 'She explained her neck felt heated, it hurt badly, her throat was sore, she was in pain, had scratches on her neck, dirt on her hands and leaves in her hair,' police wrote. '[The girl] said said the scariest part was blacking out because she didn't know if she was going to wake up again. 'She also said she "never thought he would hit me or choke me".' The girl told police she feared being abused and killed if she got on the plane to Iraq with her family, which was why she fled. 'Men think they can control women and the women can't do anything about it,' police wrote that she told them. '[She] explained forced marriage is a part of their religion and her parents were in a forced marriage and they are cousins. 'She said for "us" (women) if she had sex with more than one person "she dies" but men are treated differently and she explained they can have more than one sexual partner.' The girl also detailed her father's alleged threats to kill her for dating an American boy, and refusing an arranged marriage. She said his threats escalated after the September 15 incident and an altercation outside the school between her boyfriend and Zahraa the next day. Ihsan was so furious he pulled her out of school for the weeks until the October 18 attack. 'If I could kill you, I would kill you, but I can't do that. I can't do that because there's cops and CPS people involved right now because of you,' she claimed he said. 'And I can't touch you because you will immediately go to the school.' The girl told police Ihsan another time told her he wanted to 'hurt her so badly but there are cops here' but also told her how he would 'kill her no matter what happens' and he 'did not care if anyone saw him'. '[The girl] said the reason why her father threatened to kill her [was] because she has made 'trouble at home' and he believes she is trying to 'separate the family',' the report alleged. She said one time her dad caught her using a cell phone and dragged her by the hair, which caused her to 'hit the wall' and hurt her knee. Police bodycam footage obtained by the Daily Mail showed officers arriving at the school and arresting Ihsan, who demanded to speak to his daughter. 'Just let me tell her to come home - not like that. If I tell her to go home, she will go home,' he insisted, but police ignored him. Officers then had to deal with Zahraa and Haneen, who were hysterical and only left after Zahraa was allowed to speak to Ihsan. Police did not realize Zahraa also allegedly tried to kill her daughter until four days later, leaving her free to continue looking for her daughter, who was in hiding. Zahraa drove her youngest children, two boys aged five and three, into Canada and dropped them off with an Ihsan's brother and mother, who lived there. She then returned to Washington before trying to cross into Canada a second time with a 'notable quantity of baggage' on the night of October 22, but was arrested by customs officers. The boyfriend suffered a boxer's fracture as he tried to get Ishan off his girlfriend, and bruises and scratches on his head and face. The girl spent four days in St Peter Hospital for treatment after a strangulation exam, having complained of neck, throat, and jaw pain, and had difficulty swallowing. Hospital staff listed her injuries as including redness and abrasions to her face, head, shoulders, neck, scalp, and under her chin. She also had suffered burst blood vessels in her eyes and an eyelid droop. 'She believes she lost consciousness three to four times during the incident,' court documents alleged, adding that at one point she woke up with dirt pressed into her face. '[The girl] stated that she thought she was going to die.' Victor Barnes, the boyfriend's father, explained that his son started dating the girl in February 2024, and her family kept it a secret from Ihsan, who was often out of town running his business. 'He's an abusive man. So they just didn't tell him because... they may think he'll fly off the handle and do something crazy like he did,' he said. Ihsan was not initially charged with attempted murder, and released from jail on October 24 on just a $150,000 bond after a hearing in Thurston County Superior Court before Judge John Skinder. Zahraa faced a different judge - Christopher Lanese - on the same day, but she was charged with attempted murder and held on $500,000 bail. Almost two weeks after his release, on November 5, second-degree attempted murder was finally added to Ihsan's charges. Ihsan was re-arrested and his bail raised to $1million, which was too much for him to pay. He remains in jail, while Zahraa's bond was unchanged.
