{"id":3901,"date":"2026-05-29T00:13:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T00:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/mum-of-two-found-with-throat-slashed-after-being-reported-missing-named-locally\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T00:13:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T00:13:28","slug":"mum-of-two-found-with-throat-slashed-after-being-reported-missing-named-locally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/mum-of-two-found-with-throat-slashed-after-being-reported-missing-named-locally\/","title":{"rendered":"Mum-of-two found with &#8216;throat slashed&#8217; after being reported missing named locally"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_d097ad\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">The woman, who was found dead after having her throat cut, had previously reported her killer to police over alleged violence &#8211; she has been described as a &#8216;lovely lady&#8217;<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<div class=\"Byline_author-and-badge-wrapper__2dsv1\">\n<p><span><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_d097ad\">Cathal Ryan<\/strong> Reporter<\/span><span>, <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_d097ad\">Paul Healy<\/strong><\/span><span> and <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_d097ad\">Rachel Vickers-Price<\/strong> UK and World News Reporter<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37219776\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Masuma Sohrabi arrived in Ireland in October 2024 from Iran\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37219776.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_283b95b8-9fa5-4924-9ffe-3be6a2901c59.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37219776.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_283b95b8-9fa5-4924-9ffe-3be6a2901c59.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37219776.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_283b95b8-9fa5-4924-9ffe-3be6a2901c59.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37219776.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_283b95b8-9fa5-4924-9ffe-3be6a2901c59.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Masuma Sohrabi arrived in Ireland in October 2024 from Iran\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Masuma Sohrabi arrived in Ireland in October 2024 from Iran<cite aria-label=\"Image: RTE NEWS\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: RTE NEWS)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A mum-of-two has died after her throat was allegedly cut in front of a hotel in Ireland &#8211; it has now emerged she had previously raised concerns about her suspected killer to the police.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She has been named as 31-year-old Masuma Sohrabi, an Iranian woman known in <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/ireland\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Galway<\/a> as Atijafari. She was found dead with severe neck injuries outside an International Protection Accommodation Service centre in Co Galway after being reported missing on Wednesday (May 27).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The incident unfolded near Galway Road in Clifden on Thursday. Police, or Garda\u00ed, were alerted to the scene by staff at the accommodation.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37219428\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37219428\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.69\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The scene were a body of a young woman was found outside Clifden, Co. Galway.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37219428.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_JS407854541.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37219428.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_JS407854541.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37219428.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_JS407854541.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37219428.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_JS407854541.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"The young mother of two was found dead in Clifden, Co Galway\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The young mother of two was found dead in Clifden, Co Galway<cite aria-label=\"Image: Hany Marzouk\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Hany Marzouk)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A man, also aged in his 30s, was arrested and is currently receiving medical treatment. Both are understood to be foreign nationals. An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na is not looking for any other person in relation to this incident at this time and is following a definite line of enquiry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The victim, who most friends knew simply as \u2018Athija\u2019, was mother to a five-year-old girl and nine-year-old boy &#8211; both of whom attended a local school in Clifden. She was working in a hotel in the area, locals say, and had come to this country from Tehran, where she fled the Iranian regime in the hopes of a better life.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37219427\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37219427\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.43\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Flowers at the scene were a body of a young woman was found outside Clifden, Co. Galway\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37219427.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_JS407854548.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37219427.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_JS407854548.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37219427.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_JS407854548.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37219427.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_JS407854548.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Tributes have been paid to the woman, who friends identified as Athija to the Irish Mirror\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Tributes have been paid to the woman, who friends identified as Athija to the Irish Mirror<cite aria-label=\"Image: Hany Marzouk\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Hany Marzouk)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">PK Joyce, who runs the Waterloo House accommodation where she lived, paid an emotional tribute to her, telling the Irish Mirror how she had tried to learn English and Irish, and give her children better opportunities in life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019d like you to pass the message on to people that she was a lovely lady. She was a great mother. She had come here for a new life and she really fit in extraordinarily well,\u201d Mr Joyce said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cShe had very little English when she arrived but she strived to learn and a c\u00fapla focal as Gaeilge as well. She really did want to try and fit in and make a home for her two children and she did that successfully up to yesterday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cShe was loved by us all and had a big impact on all our lives with what she had come through. We are just so saddened that she\u2019s gone in the way that she has. We just want people to know that she was a lovely lady.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37219062\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37219062\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.42\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Garda divers searching the nearby river for evidence outside Clifden, Co. Galway.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37219062.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Clifden-murder.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37219062.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Clifden-murder.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37219062.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Clifden-murder.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37219062.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Clifden-murder.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Garda divers searching the nearby river for evidence outside Clifden, Co. Galway.\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Garda divers searching the nearby river for evidence outside Clifden, Co. Galway.<cite aria-label=\"Image: Hany Marzouk\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Hany Marzouk)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She and her children had been living in the Clifden area for the past year, and she worked at a hotel in the town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Her body is set to be removed from the site at which she died. She will be removed in due course, Garda\u00ed said, and a post mortem examination will be carried out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">While it is understood a murder investigation is set to be launched, Garda\u00ed have said the results of the post-mortem examination will assist in determining the course of the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/galway-woman-murder-hotel-mum-37219775\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The woman, who was found dead after having her throat cut, had previously reported her<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_283b95b8-9fa5-4924-9ffe-3be6a2901c59.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}