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| Husband arrested over killing of Iraqi-American woman | Husband arrested over killing of Iraqi-American woman |
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| Eight months after an apparent hate crime involving the beating to death of an Iraqi-American woman drew international attention, the woman's husband has been arrested on suspicion of murder. | Eight months after an apparent hate crime involving the beating to death of an Iraqi-American woman drew international attention, the woman's husband has been arrested on suspicion of murder. |
| Police in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon announced the arrest on Friday of Kassim Alhimidi, 48, and described the killing as an act of domestic violence. | Police in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon announced the arrest on Friday of Kassim Alhimidi, 48, and described the killing as an act of domestic violence. |
| The March killing of 32-year-old Shaima Alawadi made waves around the world after the couple's 17-year-old daughter told reporters that she found a note by her mother's bludgeoned body that read: "Go back to your country, you terrorist." | The March killing of 32-year-old Shaima Alawadi made waves around the world after the couple's 17-year-old daughter told reporters that she found a note by her mother's bludgeoned body that read: "Go back to your country, you terrorist." |
| But the case took a wholly different direction on Thursday when Alhimidi was taken into custody after being called into the police station, said El Cajon Police Chief Jim Redman, who declined to comment on the evidence or elaborate on a possible motive. He said there were no other suspects. | But the case took a wholly different direction on Thursday when Alhimidi was taken into custody after being called into the police station, said El Cajon Police Chief Jim Redman, who declined to comment on the evidence or elaborate on a possible motive. He said there were no other suspects. |
| "Criminal investigations build, evidence builds, and you reach a point where you have enough evidence to move forward, and that's what happened in this case," he said. | "Criminal investigations build, evidence builds, and you reach a point where you have enough evidence to move forward, and that's what happened in this case," he said. |
| Alhimidi went to Iraq for about two weeks to bury his wife and returned voluntarily, Redman said. Police did not try to prevent him from leaving the country because he was not a suspect at the time. | Alhimidi went to Iraq for about two weeks to bury his wife and returned voluntarily, Redman said. Police did not try to prevent him from leaving the country because he was not a suspect at the time. |
| Kassim Alhimidi was publicly silent for six days after the body was found, while his children spoke often with reporters. In his first public remarks – made at a news conference at the family's mosque in Lakeside – he demanded to know what motivated the killer. | Kassim Alhimidi was publicly silent for six days after the body was found, while his children spoke often with reporters. In his first public remarks – made at a news conference at the family's mosque in Lakeside – he demanded to know what motivated the killer. |
| "The main question we would like to ask is what are you getting out of this and why did you do it?" Alhimidi said in Arabic as his 15-year-old son translated. | "The main question we would like to ask is what are you getting out of this and why did you do it?" Alhimidi said in Arabic as his 15-year-old son translated. |
| Charges against Alhimidi were expected to be filed on Tuesday. | Charges against Alhimidi were expected to be filed on Tuesday. |
| The killing shocked residents of El Cajon, an east San Diego suburb and home to one of the largest enclaves of Iraqi immigrants in the United States. | The killing shocked residents of El Cajon, an east San Diego suburb and home to one of the largest enclaves of Iraqi immigrants in the United States. |
| Police initially said the threatening note meant they had to consider the killing a possible hate crime but stressed it was only one theory. They said there was other evidence and that the killing was an isolated case. | Police initially said the threatening note meant they had to consider the killing a possible hate crime but stressed it was only one theory. They said there was other evidence and that the killing was an isolated case. |
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