Teenage kills Russian doctor in Hodeidah [Archives:2005/824/Local News]

The Court of First Instance in the city of Hodeidah began on March 12 examining the murder of the 37-year-old Russian physician Sankina Elina Nicolavena, who was working in the privately owned al-Hayah Hospital.

The perpetrator confessed committing the crime on March 8 at night. Being a student in Grade 9, 17-year old Omar Ali Omar Faqirah, son of a physician, admitted killing the doctor with a sharp knife.

Preliminary investigations indicate that the under-age criminal visited his victim at Tuesday midnight at her dwelling and she welcomed him since she knew his family but he stabs her thrice in her left arm and her waist after which she died. Then, the teenage ransacked the flat burglarizing gold ornaments and other belongings.

The Russian doctor, specialist in nose, throat and larynx, whose husband had traveled to Dubai for work, was previously recruited by the Hodeidah al-Salam Private Hospital, whose manager was the boy's father, before moving later to al-Hayah Hospital.

Following the incident, a team from the Russian Embassy went to Hodeidah to transfer the dead body to Sana'a while the Court has adjourned the case until Wednesday March 16.
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