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An Afghan refugee admitted Wednesday that he stabbed and seriously wounded his sister during an argument that began when she tried to leave her family.
Waheed Allah Mohammad, 22, pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree murder and first-degree assault in exchange for a prison term of at least five years and no more than 15 years.
During his plea before Monroe County Court Judge John J. Connell, Mohammad said he intended to kill his sister, Fauzia A. Mohammad, 19, when he stabbed her multiple times outside his family's apartment on Linhome Drive in Henrietta. The attack occurred when a female friend of Fauzia Mohammad picked her up at the apartment to take her to New York City, where she intended to start a new life.
During a heated dispute involving several family members, Mohammad got a knife from his car, chased his sister and stabbed her.
Mohammad told sheriff's investigators that his sister was a "bad Muslim girl" because she wore immodest clothes and went to clubs, according to court documents. Although he hinted to investigators that his family's honor was at stake, Assistant District Attorney Joseph Waldorf declined to characterize the stabbing as an honor attack an attack intended to restore family honor that is not uncommon in South Asia, but is rare in the United States.
Mohammad's lawyer, Assistant Public Defender John Bradley, said his client snapped as a result of post-traumatic stress disorder brought about by his harrowing life in Afghanistan. Before Mohammad left his country in 2005, he was kidnapped by the members of the Taliban, a radical Islamist group that controlled the country, Bradley said.
"I think it was probably more of a domestic violence incident than an attempted honor killing," Bradley said.
Fauzia Mohammad is recovering from her wounds, and is living apart from her family.
Henrietta Afghan refugee admits stabbing sister | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle
Waheed Allah Mohammad, 22, pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree murder and first-degree assault in exchange for a prison term of at least five years and no more than 15 years.
During his plea before Monroe County Court Judge John J. Connell, Mohammad said he intended to kill his sister, Fauzia A. Mohammad, 19, when he stabbed her multiple times outside his family's apartment on Linhome Drive in Henrietta. The attack occurred when a female friend of Fauzia Mohammad picked her up at the apartment to take her to New York City, where she intended to start a new life.
During a heated dispute involving several family members, Mohammad got a knife from his car, chased his sister and stabbed her.
Mohammad told sheriff's investigators that his sister was a "bad Muslim girl" because she wore immodest clothes and went to clubs, according to court documents. Although he hinted to investigators that his family's honor was at stake, Assistant District Attorney Joseph Waldorf declined to characterize the stabbing as an honor attack an attack intended to restore family honor that is not uncommon in South Asia, but is rare in the United States.
Mohammad's lawyer, Assistant Public Defender John Bradley, said his client snapped as a result of post-traumatic stress disorder brought about by his harrowing life in Afghanistan. Before Mohammad left his country in 2005, he was kidnapped by the members of the Taliban, a radical Islamist group that controlled the country, Bradley said.
"I think it was probably more of a domestic violence incident than an attempted honor killing," Bradley said.
Fauzia Mohammad is recovering from her wounds, and is living apart from her family.
Henrietta Afghan refugee admits stabbing sister | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle
