(NL Times) Today, the trial starts against Mohamed (23) and Muhanad al N. (25), suspected of involvement in the honor killing of their 18-year-old sister, Ryan. Their father, Khaled al N., is the main suspect in his daughter’s brutal death, but is still a fugitive and living in Syria. He will be tried in absentia.
Ryan disappeared from her family home in Joure on May 22, 2024. Her body was found by a passerby in a swamp in Lelystad on May 28, a week after her disappearance. Investigation revealed that the young woman was gagged and tied up, and thrown into the water to drown. Her father’s DNA was found under her fingernails.
The Public Prosecution Service (OM) determined that Ryan’s murder was an honor killing. According to the OM, the three men killed the 18-year-old woman because she was dating, behaved too “Western,” and “shamed” her family.
