Summary The father believed that the relationship 'damaged the honour of the family'. Courtesy: Twitter
(Web Desk) - An Israeli Christian man has been accused of killing his 17-yr-old daughter over her relationship with a Muslim.
The prosecutors believe this to be an ‘honour’ killing incident, however, Sami Karra, 58, denied killing his daughter due to their ‘bad relationship’, The Independent reported.
The daughter, Henriette Karra, was in a relationship with a Muslim man, who was serving time in Israeli prison, and she intended to convert to Islam for him.
Henriette left her parents’ home in May, after their objection to her relationship and lived with her boyfriend’s mother for a while.
After receiving threats from her family to return home she sent messages to friend fearing “they are sending people to kill me”.
The boyfriend’s mother called the police and social services to intervene in the case, who later summoned Henriette and her parents to a joint meeting on 11 June – two days before she was killed – and suggesting she enter a women’s shelter.
Officials said the teenager refused the offer and asked for help to rent a flat instead, returning to her parents’ home after the meeting to attend a graduation party at her Jewish school the next day.
On June 13th, Henriette deposited 400 shekels (£86) into her boyfriend s prison canteen account before returning home and telling a relative he would be released at the end of the week, and that she intended on converting to Islam.
The relatives informed the parents of the situation. Later on the same day, Henriette was found dead in the kitchen of her parents’ home, with stab wounds to her neck.
According to documents seen by the Jerusalem Post, the father believed Henriette’s actions “damaged the honour of the family and made him feel ashamed”.
“The defendant decided to cause the death of the deceased and in order to realise his goal he was equipped with a knife,” the indictment said.
“The defendant stabbed the deceased three times, causing her death on the spot.”
Lawyers representing Karra said he was not guilty and claimed the bad relationship between Henriette and her family was “no secret”, adding: “This did not lead to murder and could not lead to murder. The complaints against [Henriette] were only to reunite the family.”
