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PEORIA, Ariz. - A 20-year-old woman from Iraq whose father allegedly hit her with his car because she had become too Westernized has died from her injuries, authorities said.
Noor Faleh Almaleki had been in a local hospital since Oct. 20, when police say her father ran down her and her boyfriend's mother with his Jeep as the women were walking across a parking lot in the west Phoenix suburb of Peoria.
Peoria police spokesman Mike Tellef said Noor died Monday. The other woman, Amal Khalaf, is expected to survive.
Family members said Faleh Hassan Almaleki believed his daughter had become too Westernized and was not living according to his traditional Iraqi values.
Faleh Almaleki fled after the attack but was arrested Thursday when he arrived at Atlanta's airport, where he was sent from the United Kingdom after authorities denied him entrance.
He was returned to Arizona last weekend. He had faced charges of aggravated assault, but Peoria police spokesman Mike Tellef said the charges will be upgraded in light of Noor Faleh Almaleki's death.
Almaleki has declined requests to be interviewed.
Police said the Almalekis moved to Peoria from Iraq in the mid-1990s.
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This is so sad. I just don't understand how a parent could hurt their child.
1you would need to understand the "honor" killing concept and civilized people can not.
2Do they have the death penalty in Arizona?
3YES!
4Seems like a perfect case for it!
5He should die a thousand deaths.
6the man should get life without parole, let him dwell on this death for decades in his cell.
7I'm only sorry that he cannot be drawn and quartered. Hanging or lethal injection is far too humane for these people. It's about time we started rooting out the people who still believe in these barbaric customs and send them packing.
8Such a horrible story.
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