KUWAIT CITY, 27 January 2005 — A Kuwaiti killed his 13-year-old daughter by slitting her throat in front of her siblings because he thought she was not a virgin, newspapers reported yesterday.
The 38-year-old father, identified only as Adnan, blindfolded and handcuffed his daughter, Asma, before murdering her late Tuesday as she pleaded for him to spare her life, Al-Rai Al-Aam said.
After cutting her throat a first time, the man swapped the knife for one with a sharper blade while his daughter bled and screamed in pain as her two brothers and a sister watched, the daily added. It said forensic examinations proved the girl was still a virgin.
