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First Female Death Sentence in Kuwait

Released Saturday, 2nd September 2023
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First Female Death Sentence in Kuwait

First Female Death Sentence in Kuwait

First Female Death Sentence in Kuwait

First Female Death Sentence in Kuwait

Saturday, 2nd September 2023
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0:10

In a menacing atmosphere laden with despair

0:13

, nasra Yusef Mohammed

0:15

Al-Anazi , orchestrated a

0:17

nightmare that would scar the consciousness

0:19

of an entire nation . Nasra

0:22

, once a part of a thriving household

0:24

with two children and a husband , found

0:26

herself plummeting into the abyss of jealousy

0:29

and vengeance . Her husband , zayed

0:31

Zafiri , embroiled in the cultural

0:34

norms of their society , chose

0:36

to marry a second time , leaving

0:38

Nasra entwined in a web of bitterness

0:40

and seething rage . The

0:43

landscape of her life , once filled

0:45

with the colors of prosperity , now

0:47

lay barren , decimated by the

0:49

winds of betrayal . The

0:52

harbinger of doom , nasra

0:54

, meticulously devised a plan that

0:56

would reign terror on the most joyous

0:58

of occasions her husband's wedding

1:00

. In a spiteful act fueled

1:03

by the dark fires of envy , she

1:05

drenched a tent in petrol , a

1:07

tent filled with the celebratory echoes

1:09

of women and children , unbeknownst

1:11

to the inferno that would soon consume

1:13

them , as

1:16

the flames danced menacingly . Fueled

1:18

by her revenge , 57

1:21

souls were consumed by the inferno

1:23

, their mortal shells reduced

1:25

to unrecognizable husks . The

1:28

sorrowful cries of the wounded , approximately

1:31

90 in number , painted a haunting

1:33

symphony , a grim testament to the hellish

1:35

tableau that unfolded in Jara . This

1:39

would be recorded as the gravest civilian

1:41

calamity in the nation's chronicles . In

1:44

the wake of the inferno , nasra stood

1:46

accused of not only premeditated

1:49

murder and arson , but also

1:51

attempted murder . Despite

1:53

initial claims of coercion and allegations

1:56

against prison staff , nasra

1:58

found herself ensnared in the suffocating

2:00

grip of the judicial system . As

2:02

her trial unfolded under the heavy , foreboding

2:05

sky of October 27 , 2009

2:08

, dark clouds of despair hung

2:10

heavily over the courtroom . Nasra's

2:13

feudal attempts to attribute her actions

2:15

to childhood mental health issues and

2:17

black magic rituals did little

2:19

to sway the judgment of Judge Adel

2:21

al-Sagar . On March

2:24

30 , 2010 , a death sentence

2:26

was pronounced , a decree that would reverberate

2:28

through the judicial echelons of Kuwait

2:31

, culminating in its affirmation

2:33

by the Court of Cassation on June

2:35

12 , 2011 . This

2:37

marked a somber milestone in Kuwait's

2:40

history the first time a female

2:42

citizen's death sentence was upheld

2:44

by the highest court in the land . The

2:47

shadow of Nasra's fate now loomed

2:49

ominously , awaiting final confirmation

2:52

or commutation by Amir

2:54

Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad

2:56

al-Sabah . As dawn

2:58

broke on January 23 , 2017

3:01

, the winds whispered tales

3:03

of retribution . Nasra

3:05

, along with two other women , found themselves

3:08

ensnared in the cold , unforgiving grasp

3:10

of isolated cells at central prison

3:12

. The specter of death loomed

3:15

large as a team of medical professionals

3:17

arrived under the watchful gaze of snipers

3:19

positioned on nearby rooftops . Ascorted

3:23

to the execution site amidst a bleak landscape

3:25

, nasra was positioned on the gallows

3:28

, the trapdoors beneath her feet , a

3:30

chilling reminder of the abyss that awaited

3:32

. With the pull of a lever

3:34

, nasra plummeted into the void , her

3:36

dark journey reaching its inexorable

3:39

conclusion . The somber

3:41

tablo continued as two more women

3:43

met their end on the gallows , their final

3:45

moments marked by a state of near-collapse

3:47

. Their demise was shared by four

3:50

men , one of royal lineage

3:52

, marking the first execution of a

3:54

royal in Kuwait . As

3:56

the sun set on this grim day , the

3:58

media , barred from bearing witness to

4:00

the hangings , found little negative sentiment

4:02

in the press . The

4:06

Saga of Nasra Yousef Mohamed

4:10

Alenezi , a tale shrouded

4:12

in darkness , jealousy and revenge

4:14

, had reached its inevitable somber

4:16

conclusion . The echoes of her

4:18

actions , a haunting symphony of despair

4:21

, would reverberate through the corridors of

4:23

time . A chilling reminder of the

4:25

abyss into which the human soul can plunge

4:27

.

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