A Muslim teenager who was nearly strangled to death by her Iraqi parents in an apparent “honor killing” plot blasted them as monsters as they were sentenced in Washington on Monday over the horrific, caught-on-camera ordeal.
The teen, only identified as Fatima, lashed out at her parents — Ihsan and Zahraa Ali — in an Evergreen State court after they were previously accused of trying to kill their daughter, then 17, outside Timberline High School last October, KING 5 reported.
“You think I’m a disgusting human being, well, I think you’re a disgusting monster,” the teen told her father as she delivered an emotional victim impact statement ahead of the sentencing.
“How can you call yourself a father? You tried to kill me, my dad tried to kill me with his own hands, do you have no love for me?
“My mom saw me almost pass away right in front of her own eyes and didn’t help me at all, didn’t see if I was OK… didn’t even try to be there for me,” Fatima added as she addressed her mother.
The girl’s parents were both acquitted of attempted murder charges earlier this month over the savage Oct. 18, 2024, attack.
Instead, her father was found guilty of assault and unlawful imprisonment, while her mom was only found guilty of violating a court order.
The judge imposed the maximum sentences for the charges they ended up being convicted of — 20 months for the father and just under one year for the mother.
During the trial, prosecutors said the girl had run away from home on the day of the attack because she had been abused and feared her parents were going to take her to their native Iraq.
The daughter told cops that her “father had recently been threatening her with honor killing for refusing an arranged marriage with an older man in another county,” court papers stated.
After she sought help from her school, the girl’s enraged parents showed up and attacked her.
Multiple students frantically tried to intervene as the teen’s father was caught on camera putting the girl into a headlock until she passed out.
During the sentencing, Judge Christine Schaller said Fatima would likely have been killed if it weren’t for the bystanders.
“Your behavior was reprehensible and nothing defends what you did,” the judge told the father.
“You were not going to let her go, you were not going to let her breathe because nobody else was going to control the situation… you were going to maintain control.”
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