Afghan police have launched a manhunt for the ex-husband of murdered Afghan journalist Mina Mangal. She was shot to death on her way to work by unknown gunmen on Saturday; her parents suspect he is behind the killing.
13/05/2019
Police in Afghanistan were searching for the ex-husband of murdered journalist Mina Mangal on Monday, after her family said they believed him to be the person who fatally shot her over the weekend.
Mangal, who was also a cultural adviser for the Afghan parliament, was killed by unknown gunmen on Saturday when she was leaving home for work in the Karte Naw area of Kabul.
Mangal’s parents said that the ex-husband, who their daughter divorced one week before her death, is responsible for the killing, Kabul police spokesman Basir Mujahid.
In a Facebook post published before her death, Mangal said she had been threatened but would continue to carry out her work, without providing details of the nature or source of the threat.
Mina Mangal’s brother, Shakib Mangal, told DW that his sister had once been abducted by her husband’s family.
He said his family has now filed a complaint against both his sister’s ex-husband and that man’s parents.
“Her in-laws had abducted her two years ago but we were able to get her released with the help of some government officials and tribal elders,” Mangal said. “Her ex-husband, however, continued threaenting Mina Manga.”
“Now that Mina is gone, I, my wife and children, my five other sisters and my parents continue to face threats,” he said.
Shakib Mangal said that despite vowing not to oppose his sister working as a journalist before their wedding, his sister’s ex-husband had tried to stop her from working both during and after their marriage.
