Family members of the 17-year-old gir,l who was stabbed multiple times and doused with acid by a jealous family friend, were unaware she was pregnant

Acid victim's family unaware she was pregnant
By AUSTIN CAMOENS

JOHOR BARU: Family members of the 17-year-old gir,l who was stabbed multiple times and doused with acid by a jealous family friend, were unaware she was pregnant.

The victim Nur Ain Ashikin Jemedi’s elder sister Marlina Jemedi, 29, said that her family was shocked to find out that her younger sister was pregnant.

“The loss of Nur Ain’s unborn baby makes the attack even more saddening for us,” she told reporters when met at the Sultan Ismail Hospital (HSI) on Sunday.

Marlina said that the 42-year-old man, who is allegedly responsible for her sister’s attack, was a close friend of the family.

“We have known the man for 12 years and my father treated the man like his own son,” she said adding that she believed the man had fallen in love with Nur Ain.

She said the attack could be due to unreciprocated love as the man was frustrated as Nur Ain did not loved him back.

It was reported that the jobless man had stabbed her before splashing acid on her. He later turned himself in at the Ulu Tiram police station.

The girl was stabbed in her buttocks, stomach, back and limbs during the attack at her Kampung Baru Sungai Redan home.

“My sister had tried to turn her life around after being released from the Pusat Tunas Bakti, in Malacca earlier this year.

“My father sent her to the centre in 2008 as she used to skip school a lot,” she said adding that Nur Ain had gotten engaged to a 20-year-old man in April this year.

She said that her sister had regained consciousness on Saturday but could not speak as her face and lips were swollen from the acid attack.

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