Photo: Man who stabbed his wife on the cheek pleads not guilty, claims she attempted suicide

Mohammed Deeq has pleaded not guilty to
stabbing his wife, Fatuma Ibrahim in a Wajir
court on Friday, January 8. He denied stabbing
Fatuma Ibrahim and told the court he was trying
to save his wife from attempting suicide. Prosecutor Meroka Riech requested more time to
await the medical report. Resident Magistrate
Bildad Rongocho ordered Deeq be remanded until
January 13, when the case will be mentioned.
Deeq, who hails from Wajir East, appeared
composed when brought to the courtroom which
was packed with women and human right
activists.
He was accused of stabbing his wife on the
cheek following a domestic squabble.
Ibrahim, who was flown to Kenyatta National
hospital on Thursday evening after the knife got
lodged in her cheek, also suffered stab wounds to
her thigh, abdomen and arms.
The doctors have already removed the knife after
she was airlifting to Nairobi by Amref. The attack
went viral on social media as Kenyans called for
justice via hashtag #justiceforfatuma, and the
maximum sentence for Deeq.