The mother of a young Iraqi television presenter who was shot dead in the northern city of Mosul met and forgave her killer, saying he sent her daughter to paradise.
Al Mosuliyah television channel, for which Nawras al-Nuaimi worked before she was gunned down during a robbery near her home on December 15, broadcast a report on her killing and her murderer’s arrest. During the broadcast, Nuaimi’s mother met the man who killed her daughter, telling him that he “sent her as a bride to paradise”, and kissed his forehead. The bereaved mother was later shown in her daughter’s bedroom, holding a bloodstained book titled Introduction to Human Rights, which she was carrying when she was killed.