Gergana Krasteva
Published November 28, 2025 11:01am
Updated November 28, 2025 11:06am
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Ryan Al Najjar’s killing has officially been designated an honour crime (Picture: Politie NL)
A teenage girl was gagged, tied up and thrown into a swamp to drown in an honour killing over her Western behaviour, a court in the Netherlands heard.
Ryan Al Najjar’s body was found gagged, with her hands bound behind her back, ankles taped together, and submerged in a wetland in Lelystad last May.
The 18-year-old had been missing for a week when a passerby discovered her remains.
The Public Prosecution Service formally designated the teenager’s killing as an honour crime.
Her brothers, Mohamed, 23, and Muhanad Al Najjar, 25, have now been put on trial for her murder.
Meanwhile, her father, Khaled al-N, will be tried in absentia after fleeing to Syria.
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Prosecutors accused him of ordering Ryan’s killing because she ‘brought shame to the family’ by behaving too ‘Western’ and dating.
DNA belonging to her father was found under her fingernails, indicating that she had put up a fight.
The trial began on Thursday, but her brothers blame their father for her death.
Khaled al-N allegedly sent two emails to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, confessing to her murder and saying that his sons were not involved.
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