Horrific Crime Shakes Jordan’s Communities

A horrific crime has shaken the Jordanian community, shining a light on the struggle of women and domestic violence and abuse.

Rania al Abadi was killed by her father for her grade point average dropping in college.

The 21-year old passed away due to injuries she sustained at the hands of her father, with her mother and maternal uncle also participating in the abuse.

Here were some of the reactions on social media:

a woman named rania was murdered yesterday, all because she failed a uni subject, her father beat her up to death, her family’s claiming she fell of the balcony. Another girl added to the list of murdered in Jordan, when will change happen?! #رانيا_العبادي

— sara (@sarashitweets) June 16, 2021

Ahlam, Rania and unfortunately many many others have been murdered by their "families" they deserved to be loved, appropriated and protected yet you still hear excuses like come on killing people should never be justified#رانيا_العبادي https://t.co/jKBhri9VoS

— لَيَانْ (@layanhamdan199) June 16, 2021

Women's needs freedom , women's needs a safe places women's needs protection , women's needs justice !
Stop killing women .#رانيا_العبادي pic.twitter.com/0wWlydBsgp

— Bayan Alhunety ||🇯🇴 (@DrkMd4) June 16, 2021

Killing was like drinking water.! #رانيا_العبادي

The ugliness, oppression and injustice that she was killed by her father, what is the ugliest of human beings…

— Sakhaa_aalmomani50 (@Sakhaalmomani50) June 16, 2021