At the start of the second day of Mawda’s death trial, Mawda’s dad briefly took the floor to begin the session.
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Thank you for the time you give me. Today 2.5 years after the death of my daughter I want to say a few things. I want to make sure that I haven’t forgotten anything and that I still know everything that happened. ‘
The father especially wanted to emphasize that his daughter had been lying in the arms of his wife in the back of the van all the time. And that she had never been at the front of the driver and the people smuggler, as the ballistics expert and the law doctor, but also the smuggler, had said on Monday.
‘Mawda was in her mama’s arms, her brother was with me. Mawda was behind the driver with mother, I will be near the door of the van. We were the last to get out of the van and I took Mawda from her mama’s arms. There was a fountain of blood. I screamed and asked for help and started calling for ambulance. But the officers were not polite, they took Mawda from my arms and they attacked us with two. I cannot describe that situation in words. They have treated us inhumanely. The ambulance arrived very late. They didn’t let us ride on an ambulance, “the man said.
“I saw the cop when he took his gun. He fired at us without a doubt. He fired once and that bullet hit my daughter. This is no ordinary loss. We also have psychological problems. We are traumatized. My son is afraid of the police. ‘
‘We were not allowed to see Mawda again. We have spent two terrible nights. When we saw her again, she had been cut open. I can’t forget that. That’s not human. ‘
Then Mawda’s mom also spoke weeping.
‘It has been 2.5 years and six days and 8 hours since it happened. I tried to jump into the ambulance. An officer pulled my hair and dragged me out of the ambulance. How inhumane can you be? You don’t even treat terrorists like that, ”the mother testified.
‘I want to address the officer, he says he has feelings as a father too. Why did you shoot? How would you feel if you didn’t see your children for one day. I respect the police and their work. If they have done something wrong, the world should know because it cannot happen again. ‘
The rest of the morning is spent on the prosecutor’s sentence.
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