Syrian father reportedly confessed to teen daughter’s ‘honor killing’ in Friesland

(NL Times) Khaled Al N. from Joure allegedly confessed to killing his 18-year-old daughter Ryan in emails sent to the Telegraaf. The Syrian man said he took his daughter’s life and fled to Istanbul. Sources previously told the newspaper that Ryan’s very religious family couldn’t accept her lifestyle choices.

Ryan’s body was found in the water along the Knardijk in Lelystad on May 28. She was last seen alive in Joure on May 22. She had been killed in a crime, the police said.

According to the Telegraaf, its editors reached out to Khaled Al N. via an email address linked to the man’s courier company in Leeuwarden. The newspaper received a response on Tuesday afternoon.

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