Today, the police announce that it was the stepmother Rabeel Arshad (36) who stayed found killed in his home at Manglerud in Oslo 21st of March. The husband is charged with the murder.
– The relatives have been notified that the name will be released, Iselinn Håvarstein, police attorney in the Oslo police district, informs Dagbladet.
Rabeel Arshad was the daughter of restaurant owner Mohammad Arshad, the victim of the much talked about so-called The Manglerud murder in the autumn of 2013.
– I’m thinking of my wife [Mohammad] Arshad. First she loses her husband, and then the daughter. It is completely tragic, says a 70-year-old woman who was previously bar manager at the restaurant Waldemars on St. Hanshaugen, and Mohammad Arshad’s closest employee, to Dagbladet.
KILLED: Mohammad Arshad (52) was pursued from the nightclub on St. Hanshaugen and home to Manglerud, where he was killed. Photo: Private
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The information that it was Mohammad Arshad’s daughter who was killed, spread quickly in the environment around the nightclub, which was closed down in its then form in 2017.
– I heard about the murder via old regulars – it’s incredibly sad, and I feel so sorry for her mother. It is a tragedy, says a male former employee to Dagbladet.
Reported for violence
Rabeel Arshad’s husband himself showed up at the local police station and reported the murder in the middle of the day on March 21. He is in custody, and has acknowledged the facts, but claims he acted in self-defense.
– He has admitted that he probably killed her – but when it comes to the question of criminal guilt, he has not admitted subjective guilt, says Aase Karine Sigmond, defender of the man in his 30s, to Dagbladet.
Reported accused of domestic violence
Police do not see any connection between the two killings, which occurred nine years apart. They stated at an early stage in the investigation that Rabeel Arshad in 2011 reported the husband for domestic violencea relationship that was eventually dropped.
On the night of 28 September 2013, Mohammad Arshad was found ill-prepared near the family home in Manglerud, and died from the injuries he had sustained, after being assaulted by several people.
Four men with a connection to the gang environment in Oslo were convicted of causing the restaurant owner’s death. The investigation revealed that the night of the murder was actually in search of his son, with whom they had a minor disagreement.
FOUND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY: Rabeel Arshad was found killed at home in Manglerud in the middle of the day on March 21 this year. Photo: Shad Madian / Dagbladet
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– Did not mean to kill
Father and son had the same car at their disposal, and the men followed the car from Waldemars to Manglerud – where Mohammad Arshad was subjected to such severe violence that he died. Among other things, he was beaten with a wrench.
In Oslo District Court the now convicted men denied that they intended to kill.
– The worst thoughts that went through my head were that he should be paralyzed or have his legs broken or similar, it was not my thoughts that he could be killed, one explained.
Very popular
The restaurant owner had no connection to crime, and was very popular with customers and employees at Waldemars, where he was often found behind the bar himself.
– We were just going to give a reprimand, murder was not in my mind
– Arshad was a super boss, a very decent person, says the now retired former bar manager at Waldemars to Dagbladet.
The late Rabeel Arshad and her husband have three minor children. They are taken care of by her family.
– They are very affected by the tragic incident, but are fine according to the circumstances, the children’s assistance lawyer Christian Lundin informs Dagbladet.
– Ordinary youth
The Arshad family has a background from Pakistan, but Rabeel Arshad was born in Norway. The former bar manager at Waldemars says that she met the employer’s daughter around 20 times.
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– She was an ordinary Norwegian youth, who went to Norwegian schools, the 70-year-old tells Dagbladet.
She also met her now-murdered husband a few times.
. He seemed very sympathetic, and I did not notice anything unusual. He was not the type to have a criminal record, says the retired bar manager.
– I read about the report of violence, but I know nothing about it. I talked a lot with [Mohammad] Arshad, but he never mentioned him.
The male former employee also remembers Rabeel Arshad’s husband.
The son of the murder victim at Manglerud: – Why did you kill my father?
– I met him on a couple of occasions – he was a very anonymous type, the man says to Dagbladet.
Killed with a knife
Police said in early April that Rabeel Arshad was extensively stabbedand that they had seized several knives.
The accused husband has undergone a preliminary interview; a full forensic psychiatric examination has not been carried out, says defense attorney Aase Karine Sigmond.
– No experts have been appointed in the case – there is no suspicion that he is not criminally sane, she says to Dagbladet.
Custody was renewed with four new weeks on 16 May.
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