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The Syrian Ministry of Justice published, on Saturday, scenes of the representation of the crime of the murder of artist Huda Shaarawi inside her home in Damascus, with her Ugandan maid accused of committing it.
The Ministry clarified that the case is still under follow-up until the completion of the procedures and the achievement of justice, noting that the publication of the video comes within the framework of the ongoing investigations to reveal the circumstances of the crime in full. The video, published via the official page of the Ministry on the "X" platform, showed the accused during her representation of the events of the assault, where she confessed to committing the crime after a dispute between them, claiming that the victim asked her not to approach the refrigerator on the grounds that it was "poisoned". She also mentioned that she took medication after the incident in an attempt to harm herself, before she was found and the police were notified. The Ministry of Justice publishes part of the facts of the representation of the crime of the murder of artist "Huda Shaarawi" at the hands of her maid who holds Ugandan nationality and confirms that the case is being followed up until the achievement of full justice. This measure came within the framework of the ongoing investigations through which the judicial authorities seek to reveal all the details of the crime… pic.twitter.com/N0ytgloULd — Syrian Ministry of Justice (@SyrMOf) February 14, 2026
The accused stated that there were previous disputes related to the salary and ill-treatment, expressing her regret for what she had done, and confirming that she was working for the artist and living with her in the house. It is worth mentioning that the art community in Syria had received, on January 29, the news of the murder of Huda Shaarawi, known for her role as "Um Zaki" in the Bab Al-Hara series, where the authorities announced at the time that the death resulted from an assault with a solid tool inside her home, before the suspect was arrested on the same day.
