Mother, son stabbed to death in Irbid

Amman — A man allegedly stabbed his sister and her son to death in their home in Irbid in the early hours of Thursday, a senior judicial source said.

A post-mortem examination conducted by a team of pathologists headed by Ali Shotar counted around 100 stab wounds on different parts of the woman’s body, a senior official source said.

“Pathologists detected various stab wounds but the fatal ones were four,” the senior source told The Jordan Times.

The woman’s head was completely severed, according to the source, while an autopsy conducted on the body of her 16-year-old son indicated that “his genitalia was completely severed from his body”.

“The boy also received multiple stab wounds on parts of his body,” the source said.

Criminal Court Prosecutor Qahtan Qawaqzeh issued orders for the suspect to be detained at a correctional and rehabilitation facility for 15 days pending further investigation, the judicial source added.

No further details were immediately available on the motive behind the crime or the charges levelled at the suspect.

The Jordan News Agency, Petra, quoted a security source as saying that the suspect murdered his 38-year-old sister and teenage nephew over family disputes, and a second nephew, aged 13, managed to flee the scene.

The suspect, who already has a criminal record, was apprehended shortly after committing the crime, Petra reported.