Prosecutors are preparing to charge a man with fatally shooting his nine-year-old daughter last month, police announce.
A prosecutor’s statement is filed against Samad Jahjah, the father of Laila Jahjah, who was killed on May 27.
The man is suspected of inadvertently killing his own daughter during the family’s Eid al-Adha meal in Arara, a northern Arab city, while aiming for his brother with his gun during a heated argument.
The girl was brought by family members to medics, who took her to the hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.
Police last month claimed that officers dispatched to the family’s home found the scene of the shooting had been hosed down, blaming Jahjah’s relatives for alleged evidence-tampering.
After completing their investigation, police now say there is evidence suggesting Jahjah himself tried to tamper with evidence in order to conceal his role in his daughter’s death.
A formal indictment will be filed against the father in the coming days, police add.
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