OLYMPIA, Wash. (Court TV) — An 18-year-old woman testified that her father choked her during a confrontation at a school bus stop after she ran away from home to avoid being sent to Iraq.
Ihsan and Zahraa Ali are charged with the attempted murder of their daughter. (Court TV)
Fatima Ali, who was 17 at the time of the incident, told the Court she fled her family home in Lacey, Washington, early on October 18, 2024, taking $100 and some belongings after learning her parents planned to send her on a one-way trip to Iraq.
“I was afraid of not returning at all,” Fatima said, explaining her concerns about the planned trip to her family’s homeland…