The family of a Christian convert has admitted to replacing cooking oil with petrol to kill a mother as she prepared breakfast for her four children, it was reported in late August.
Her husband rushed to her aid, as did her 16-year-old son, but despite their efforts she died two weeks later as a result of her burns. The family members admitted their part in the murder to the woman’s husband as he returned from the hospital after her death, stating that they did it to punish them. Her husband knows that the punishment was because he and his wife would not return to Islam.
When the husband, Saeed, went to police for help, officers told him to bring witnesses who could testify about the alleged conspiracy to sabotage the cooking oil bottle. His children only saw the explosion and could not testify regarding sabotage, and Saeed’s relatives refused to incriminate the alleged conspirators, their own family members. ‘No one will be a witness for us,’ Saeed said. ‘And my family told me that if I was killed and cut into pieces, they wouldn’t do anything to help or be a witness on my side.’
