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Saudi preacher who 'raped and tortured' his five -year-old daughter to death is released after paying 'blood money'

A ‘celebrity’ Saudi preacher accused of raping, torturing and killing his five-year-old daughter has reportedly been released from custody after agreeing to pay ‘blood money’.

Fayhan al-Ghamdi had been accused of killing his daughter Lama, who suffered multiple injuries including a crushed skull, broken back, broken ribs, a broken left arm and extensive bruising and burns. Social workers say she had also been repeatedly raped and burnt.

Fayhan al-Ghamdi admitted using a cane and cables to inflict the injuries after doubting his five-year-old daughter’s virginity and taking her to a doctor, according to the campaign group Women to Drive.

Rather than getting the death penalty or receiving a long prison sentence for the crime, Fayhan al-Ghamdi served only a few months in jail before a judge ruled the prosecution could only seek ‘blood money’.

          Challenging Words:preacher(hatip, vaiz), custody(gözaltı, tutukluluk), blood money(diyet, kiralık katillere verilen para), cane(sopa, değnek), prosecution(dava).

The tone of the text is mostly informative because it is a news text but also, it is critical and sarcastic ('blood money', 'critical' ).In text, past tense is used mostly because it describes incidents happened in the past. I chose this news because it impressed me very much and I wanted everybody to be aware of this scandal and injustice. 

To read more:http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-preacher-who-raped-and-tortured-his-five-yearold-daughter-to-death-is-released-after-paying-blood-money-8480440.html