Sister of Egyptian woman who fell to her death in Jordan says she was victim of domestic violence
During a phone-in with TV host Amr Adib on the 'al-Hekaya' (The Story) show on MBC Masr, on Friday evening, Asmaa Adel accused her sister's husband of being physically abusive.
She claimed her sister had sent pictures showing the wounds she had suffered.
Asmaa added that Aya could take no more of her husband's abuse and sought to divorce him.
'Her husband used to beat and torture her, and she separated from him times ago, but she kept coming back for the sake of her sick son,' she explained.
According to Asmaa, Aya was in Egypt recently and had agreed on the details of the divorce. She had even bought an apartment in Alexandria a week before her death to be near her mother, then traveled to Jordan to return her belongings from there and finalize work.
The circumstances of her death are suspicious, she said, with the husband currently under investigation by the Jordanian authorities.
'I was talking to her before she died and she was happy that she was going to get divorce and live in her apartment in Egypt, and she was cooking. How could she kill herself?! I was talking to her and she was happy and saying thank God I will live in peace and quiet next to my mother.'
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
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