According to Sulaymaniyah Police Directorate Spokesperson Serkewt Ahmed, a 23-year-old woman was subjected to a knife attack.

The young woman was hospitalized with severe stab wounds, to which she succumbed in hospital.

Ahmed announced that an investigation had been launched into the incident.

There has been a significant increase in femicides in South Kurdistan in recent years as perpetrators are granted impunity for the killing of dozens of women every year.

According to the Kurdistan Region Organization for Legal Support for Women, 13,584 women were killed in 2021 and 15,897 in 2022.