​​Two arrested in Erbil after woman falls from apartment

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Erbil security forces (Asayish) on Saturday said they arrested two people in connection with a woman who was thrown from an apartment the day before and seriously injured. 

The suspects had been drinking alcohol and at 7 am on Friday morning, they had an argument with the woman and threw her off a building at Iskan Apartments in central Erbil, the Asayish said in a statement.

The woman is receiving medical care and interrogation of the suspects continues.

The Kurdistan Region suffers from high rates of gender-based violence, including sexual violence, domestic violence, child marriages, and female genital mutilation. Femicides are often linked with the terms “social dispute” or “honor killings,” which perpetrators use to justify murdering their mothers, sisters, daughters, or wives.

According to the Kurdistan Region’s police directorate, there were a total of 455 murders, manslaughters, and suicides last year.

 

Updated at 8:52 pm with the Asayish statement regarding the details of the incident