Souzan Barakat (born 1 January 1998 in Iraq;[1] dead 5 December 2011 in Stolzenau[2]) was a 13-year-old Yazidi girl who was shot dead on December 5, 2011, by her father Ali Askar Hasso Barakat on the street in Stolzenau, Lower Saxony, Germany.
[10] On December 5, 2011, a conversation between Souzan and her parents was to take place in the youth welfare office in Stolzenau.
[11] On that day her father Ali Askar Hasso Barakat is said to have killed her with six shots in front of the youth welfare office on the street.
The new owner of the getaway car had found the murder weapon under a cover in the front footwell while cleaning the vehicle.
[20] The public prosecutor's office in Verden offered a 10,000 euro reward for information leading to the arrest of the perpetrator.
According to SPIEGEL, the perpetrator's motive for murder could have been custody of the child, which the district of Nienburg wanted to withdraw from the parents.