This week, the second session of the Saman Abbas murder trial took place in Italy. Saman was murdered in 2021, allegedly by her own family because she refused to marry an older cousin in an arranged marriage in Pakistan. It has now been disclosed that Danish Hasnain, Saman's uncle, who is suspected of being the person who actually killed Saman, has told investigators that it was Saman's mother, Nazia, who actually carried out the "honor-killing" and that he (Hasnain) was only notified of the deed after Saman was dead.
Saman's mother is currently a fugitive and believed to be somewhere in Pakistan. Thus, Hasnain is pointing the finger of blame at the one person charged who is not actually in custody and is in hiding. How convenient. Talk about "honor" and "shame".
"It's our culture"- That is how the uncle recounts the murder of Saman
23 February 2023-11:35
The uncle of Saman Abbas talked a lot, providing his own version of the murder and concealment of the body: For him, it was the mother who killed his niece.
By Angela Leucci
By whose hand killed Saman Abbas? The investigators have always focused attention on the uncle, Danish Hasnain, but now the man is talking and gives a version that he will probably have to repeat and integrate into the trial.
"Who Saw it?" (program) has broadcast some images transmitted by Tgr (news) in Emilia Romagna, parts of videos gathered during the investigation by the prison police. In these clips, Danish tells a version different from that reconstructed by the investigators.
In fact, Danish says that he was called by the parents, who directed him to the 5th greenhouse, where he reportedly found Saman already dead. It was the night of April 30 and May 1, 2021, (at) the farm where the Abbas family worked in Novellara.
Danish's story
"When I took her, Saman didn't weigh much, 60 kilos," Danish explained, losing himself in various narratives. He says that he and Samas used to play on a large scale used to weigh food. He says he was in a lot of disagreement with his brother, Shabbar Abbas, and that he did a lot for the nephews. " When I got my pay, I put a little in an envelope for Saman and her brother. After I bought cigarettes, Abbas took all the money," he adds. And he explains that Shabbar was behind in his gas and light bills, so much that Danish reportedly asked his employer for loans and advances on his pay in order to be able to pay (for the bills). "I did it for the children, not for Abbas," Danish noted, inviting the investigators to ask the employer for confirmation.
Then Danish tells who reportedly killed Saman. "I took Saman"- he continues, "I picked her up, came here (indicating the 4th greenhouse, editor) Then I remember that two or three minutes later, she was here with her head on the ground. Ikram and Noumanoulaq told me, "Don't worry. Nazia killed her, not Abbas. In our culture, the police cannot take a woman, for us, that is shameful". Nazia is Nazia Shaheen, Saman's mother.
Danish also claims he felt sick during the concealment of the body and that he never took the shovel. He will probably have to respond to the court in relation to the video surveillance film in which he along with the two cousins is captured as they walked off with tools toward the greenhouses the day before the disappearance of his niece.
What the attorney says
The lawyer for Danish, Liborio Cataliotti explained to "Who saw it? that Danish had decided to talk only after the arrest of Shabbar out of fear, so much that he also asked for the transfer of his partner to Italy. "As defense counsel, I do not subscribe a priori to his version," the attorney comments. "The choice made in a trial is to (use) all the instruments, as well as and above all, those that offer the technology, in order to verify."
Cataliotti dismisses the video of the day before the disappearance as "media-induced suggestions," recalling how Danish had (enabled) the discovery of the body and pledging that he (Danish) will very probably make spontaneous statements in the trial.
Saman's Brother's version
The investigators, however, have relied on the testimony of Saman's brother, who claimed that the material perpetrator of the crime was Danish. Naturally, these initial statements will also have to be evaluated. From the Carabinieri reports, it also appears that Saman's brother never missed an opportunity to show his co-nationals the videos that the 18-year-old posted on her social media with her boyfriend, Saqib Ayub.
For the moment, there are 5 charged: The father, Shabbar, the mother, Nazia, the uncle, Danish, and the cousins, Ikram Ijaz and Noumanoulaq Noumanoulaq. Shabbar is in custody in Pakistan, and there is no news as to a possible extradition, while Nazia is a fugitive. They are accused of kidnapping, premeditated murder, and concealment of a body. The hypothesis of the investigators is that the relatives killed Saman because the young girl was opposed to a forced marriage with an older cousin.
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