The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has presented six witnesses before the Garissa High Court in a case where a husband and two others are accused of murdering 17-year-old refugee girl.
Those who testified included the deceased’s mother, Amina Abdi Noor, her stepfather Mahamud Mohamed, landlady Qurisha Ibrahim, two neighbours, and Corporal Lucas Musambi, the investigating police officer.
According to Ms. Noor, her daughter Gaala Adan was born on January 1, 2008, and was married to the first accused, Mohammed Kassim Tiffow, on February 22, 2025, at Dagahaley Refugee Camp in a ceremony conducted under Somali rites.
However, the marriage reportedly turned violent soon after the union, when the deceased expressed regret and resistance to the arrangement.
Ms. Noor told the court that her daughter had been sending her voice notes expressing fear and frustration in the days leading up to her death.
Their final conversation took place on the night she died.
One neighbour testified that on the night of the incident, one of the accused persons informed him that Tiffow had been stabbed by his wife.
On rushing to the scene, they found Tiffow outside the house with stab wounds and rushed him to hospital.
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