Sabahs Kinsmen Warn Against Playing Down Her Case [Archives:2000/37/Front Page]

Security sources in Ebb Province told the YT that according to a forensic report Sabah Saif Salem was not beaten to death but the 9-month-pregnant girl died suffering from puerperal (vertebral) fever.
Sabah , who belonged to sweeper class and died on August 28 at Al-Udain District jail, had accused her uncle of an incest. She notified the police of the incident; as a result her uncle is detained.
While investigations are going on, security authorities are interrogating persons from Hareeb (Shabwa Province) where Sabah had been for sometime.
Eye-witnesses told the YT that her relatives refused to bury Sabahs corpse which is still lying at the General Al-Thawrah Hospital morgue in Ebb Province. The kinsmen insisted on thorough inquiries and warned against playing down Sabahs case.
A special source told the YT that the Minster of Interior has issued his instructions on suspending all officers at Udain District Security pending completion of action particularly after the press splashed the news of Sabahs death on front pages.

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