Assault victim testifies on first day of Johnson County attempted murder trial

JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa (IOWA’S NEWS NOW) — More than three years after an Iowa City woman was strangled and left for dead on the University of Iowa campus, the former student accused in the assault is finally beginning his trial – and hearing the testimony of the woman he allegedly attacked and robbed.

Ali Younes is charged with attempted murder, first-degree robbery, and first-degree theft in the April 2022 assault near Art Building West along Riverside Drive in Iowa City.

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