Moment parents 'try to choke daughter, 17, to death in honor killing'


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Published: 03:15 GMT, 16 November 2024 A teenage girl was almost choked to death outside her school in an alleged 'honor killing' by her parents after she refused an arranged marriage. Ihsan Ali, 44, and his wife Zahraa Subhi Mohsin Ali, 40, were charged with attempted murder and attempted kidnapping after their arrest on October 18. Shocking video allegedly showed the father on the ground with his daughter on top of him as he choked her. The girl, 17, who wasn't named, ran away from home to Timberline High School in Lacey, Washington, where her 16-year-old boyfriend also studied, after her parents tried to put her on a plane to Iraq. 'Her father had recently been threatening her with honor killing for refusing an arranged marriage with an older man in another county,' the girl told police, according to court documents. Victor Barnes, the boyfriend's father, told DailyMail.com the girl's parents showed up at his house with police that morning demanding to know where she was. He told them she was wasn't there and would presumably be at the school, then texted his son to warn him. The girl arrived in first period, shocking her boyfriend, who was dating her since February, as her parents pulled her out of school two weeks earlier after another incident. 'So she runs away from home because they wanted to fly her out of the country - she's afraid,' Barnes said. 'She shows up at the school and my son's class and the teacher helps her because she looks very malnourished.' Barnes said school officials took her to a room and eventually found a safe place for her to go, but did not offer to help her get there. 'They know she's in danger, they know her circumstances and situation, but they insist for her to take public transportation to get to her safe destination - without any type of chaperone,' he said. The girl and her boyfriend walked to the bus stop at the front of the school and she spotted her father's pickup truck outside. Suddenly, Ishan emerged from the truck and confronted them, yelling at his daughter in Arabic. Barnes said another student, who spoke Arabic, yelled back, 'She doesn't want to go back with you. Leave her alone.' 'He didn't like what the kids said, he loses his mind and punches my son in the face,' Barnes alleged.