Family members arrested over ‘forced marriage’ that ended in Perth woman’s death

(WA Today) Victorian family members of a woman allegedly murdered by her husband in Perth have been accused of forcing her into the marriage against her will just months earlier.

Ruqia Haidari, 21, died in January 2020 at the Perth home she shared with her husband, Mohammad Ali Halimi, who she wed in November 2019.

The 25-year-old Uber driver handed himself in to police covered in blood a short time later, and has since been charged with murder.

Australian Federal Police officers arrested a 44-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man, who are related to Ms Haidari, along with a 30-year-old woman on Tuesday.

The Victorian trio from Shepparton have been charged with causing a person to enter a forced marriage.

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