what’s happening in kuwait, as a person who is kuwaiti and lives in kuwait, a thread :

on tuesday, a kuwaiti woman, Farah Akbar, was killed by a man who she had previously filed two cases against for kidnapping and attempted murder.

The perpetrator, Fahad Subhi Mohammed, crashed into Farah’s car, kidnapped her and her daughters who were also in the car with her and stabbed Farah in front of her daughters in the heart. He then drove her body to the hospital and fled.

(bare with me on this one, tried my best to translate)
in this video you’ll see Farah’s family members crying outside the hospital, screaming out “This is what we get! We told you that he was going to kill her. And now he killed my sister.” https://twitter.com/mshari_bodraid/status/1384558632172507152

Dana Akbar, the victims sister, shared a video on social media explaining that she filed two cases against the perpetrator on two occasions, and both times he was released on bail. she said that she warned the prosecutor multiple times that the man is a threat to her family. https://twitter.com/trendnews/status/1384753767271211009

many are questioning how the killer was freed after he was charged with an attempted murder case. the hashtag “I Am The Next Victim.” was trending on Kuwait Twitter with many rightfully claiming how the lack of protection against harassment has created an unsafe space for women.

Also, many women have been killed at the hands of their own family.
In December, Shaikha Al Ajmi, a guard at Kuwait parliament, was killed by her brother.
A few months earlier in September, Fatima Al Ajmi, a pregnant woman, was shot dead by her brother inside ICU.

In 2019, Hajer Al Assi was shot by her brother who ended up receiving a 10 year sentence.
In December 2018 Ghalia Al Dhaferi was stabbed by her brother and thrown in the desert, in order to frame her death as an accident to protect her brother.

Here’s a video of the murderer threatening to break the glass of Farah’s window.

in the second clip her sister is saying that he kidnapped farah after purposely crashing into her car