23-year-old Yemeni woman killed by colleague because she refused to marry him

Gulf Today Report

 A 23-year-old woman was killed in a shopping centre in the Mansoura district of Aden, southern Yemen, in the latest horrific crime against women in the region.

Local media sources said that the young woman, Fatima Muhammad Omar (23), was stabbed with a knife by her colleague Mohsen Rashad Mohsen at the shopping centre.

The police said one of the stab wounds was in the eye.

Media reported that the young woman died shortly after she was taken to a hospital.

Aden security forces announced the arrest of the suspect.

According to media sources, this horrific crime shook Yemeni society.

The young man who committed the crime said in preliminary confessions that it was due to love and emotion.

He said that he tried to propose to the victim, but she refused to accept him, so the jilted lover decided to kill her.