Khaberni - Brigadier Omar Al-Mardoud, the investigator in the Channels Police Department in Damascus, provided detailed information about the progress of the investigation, in the incident of the murder of the Syrian artist Huda Shaarawi inside her home in Damascus, at the age of 87, by her maid.
The Syrian Ministry of Interior announced, in an official statement, that the preliminary investigations showed the involvement of the deceased Huda Shaarawi's housemaid, of Ugandan nationality, in committing the crime motivated by theft, explaining that the victim suffered a severe assault with a hard object leading to severe bleeding that resulted in her death on the morning of the incident.
The commander of the internal security in Damascus confirmed that the specialized units immediately commenced the investigation and gathering evidence, and they managed to arrest the suspect on the same evening after tracking her movements. During the initial investigation, she confessed to committing the crime, while investigations continue in preparation for referring the file to the competent court.
Brigadier Omar Al-Mardoud said, according to Syrian media: "We immediately dispatched patrols, the area was cordoned off, and the investigating judge was informed. It turned out that the victim was the artist Huda Shaarawi, so we entered the place and found her in her bed with her head smashed."
He continued: "An investigation was conducted, and it turned out that suspicions revolved around the housemaid, who had been out of sight. Fortunately, we found a picture of her, so the internal security command in Damascus was notified, of course, and the picture was circulated among the criminal investigation departments and all police departments in Damascus, searching all streets and neighborhoods of Damascus. The perpetrator was seen escaping from one of the streets through a camera."
He added: "We monitored all the cameras in the area, she was observed leaving one of the streets, and her movements were followed, she was found in the Qaboun area, and she was arrested about two hours after completing the initial investigations."
He said, "She was brought to the Channels Police Department, and I personally investigated her. She immediately confessed to the murder. I asked her about the motive, she said that the motive was that the victim tried to poison her. Of course, there is no basis for this statement."
