«Never in my life have I thought about killing my daughter. Even animals don't do these things. Gentlemen judges, I have never thought these things."
It is a passage from the spontaneous declarations made to the judges of the Court of Assizes of Reggio Emilia by Shabbar Abbas , accused together with other members of his family of the murder of his young daughter Saman , in Novellara, in 2021.
Saman, added the man, crying in some passages, « was my heart, my blood, I brought my heart and my blood here. I don't kill children, I'm not an animal. Not even worth thinking about."
Again, the man stated, «that between Saman and Saqib (the young woman's boyfriend, ed.) was not love, we say that it was not a good thing. All of us relatives were angry."
« I would also like to understand who killed her, who came to take her that evening . My life now is always crying, my daughter is no longer here, my daughter is dead", continued Shabbar Abbas, maintaining that he did not kill the girl.
After more than an hour and a half of intervention, the judges withdrew to their chambers and the sentence is now awaited.
In addition to Shabbar, the accused in the young girl's death are the girl's uncle and cousins, Danish Hasnain, Ikram Ijaz and Nomanhulaq Nomanhulaq, as well as her mother, Nazia Shaheen, the latter a fugitive.
(Unioneonline/lf)
