Four suspects have been arrested by police in Somalia after a teenage girl was raped and murdered. gruesome rape and murder of Somali woman
Police say that on Friday the teenage girl was sexually abused by a gang and then thrown from a six-storey building in the capital, Mogadishu. gruesome rape and murder of Somali woman
The incident has sparked outrage with hundreds of women taking to the streets of Mogadishu on Sunday to protest and demand justice.
Incidents of kidnap, rape, torture and murder of women and girls have been increasingly reported across Somalia in recent years.
A few days ago, a 16-year old girl was kidnapped, raped and tortured for several hours before she was found tied up in Garowe, the capital of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland.
The cases have put the federal parliament in the spotlight for refusing to pass the Sexual Offences Bill, which was aimed at protecting women and girls from gender-based violence.
The woman, Hamdi Mohamed Farah, is from central Somalia and was in Mogadishu for studies.
Police said she was raped and then thrown off the roof of a several-storey building in Mogadishu’s Waberi District. Four men arrested for the incident are currently under investigation.
It is not clear whether the woman was dead or alive before she was pushed off the building.
Incidents of kidnap, rape, torture and murder of women and underage girls have been increasing in frequency across Somalia in recent years.
A few days ago, a mentally unsound 16-year old girl was kidnapped, raped and tortured for several hours before she was found tied up in the Puntland capital Garowe.
