Man beats teenage sister to death in Irbid

AMMAN — A 20-year-old man on Wednesday was charged with manslaughter in connection with the murder of his younger sister a day earlier in a town in Irbid, official sources said.

The 16-year-old victim was rushed to a nearby hospital suffering from multiple bruises to different parts of her body and the attending physicians declared her dead on arrival and immediately contacted the police, a senior official source said.

Police investigated the incident and concluded that “her sibling was the perpetrator of this murder”, Police Spokesperson Lt. Col. Amer Sartawi said.

“It is a family dispute between the two that led to her brother beating her,” Sartawi told The Jordan Times.

The senior official said that initial testimonies of the victim indicated that the suspect entered his sister’s room and saw her playing with her mobile.

“The brother attempted to see what was his sister doing with on the mobile but she refused an argument ensued,” the senior official source told The Jordan Times.

The brother reportedly grabbed a wooden stick and struck his sister on her head and different parts of her body, the source added.

An autopsy performed by a team of pathologists headed by Ali Shotar determined that the victim died of several blunt traumas to the head, the senior source said.

The suspect was detained for 15 days at a correctional and rehabilitation centre pending further investigations.