From Fox News: 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 Daily Mail first posted video footage from a bus stop of the terrifying attack.
Days earlier, the parents had reportedly tried to put their daughter on a plane to Iraq to marry an older man. When she refused, they had threatened her with an ‘honor killing.’
The girl ran away from home, and fled to her former public school, the Timberline High School in Lacey County, where she begged adults there for help. A school counselor reportedly helped her reserve a room at “Safe Haven,” and sent her to the city bus stop to get a ride.
Her parents and sister caught up with her at the bus stop, where she was waiting with her 16-year-old boyfriend.
Her father reportedly began choking her until she passed out, and the boyfriend hit her father to get him to stop. The father then punched the boyfriend in the face, causing him to fall backwards onto the concrete.
Two other boys, along with the boyfriend, then repeatedly punched the father in the head until he finally passed out and the girl was able to get up. However, the Daily Mail notes that the mother and older sister then started attacking the 17-year-old girl.
The young couple finally fled into the school where they hid until police arrived.
During the trial this week, the video of the assault was played, and the bus driver testified of the chaotic scene when he pulled up to the stop.
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