Iraqis hold funeral for women slain in US

Alawadi, a mother of five children ranging in age from 8 to 17, was found unconscious by her eldest daughter on the dining room floor of her home in the city of El Cajon in San Diego County, California on March 21.

The 32-year-old Iraqi woman was lying in a pool of blood next to a note saying “go back to your country, you terrorist.”

The woman was taken to the hospital and put on life support, but she was taken off life support around 3 p.m. March 24.

Awadi’s husband and two of her five children were present at the funeral procession when her body was received by people, local officials, members of parliament and tribal figures.

According to Hanif Mohebi, the director of the San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, there is a large Iraqi population in El Cajon and its members often face “discriminatory hate incidents.”

MR/JR

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