A murder investigation has been launched in western Ireland after an Iranian mother of two was found dead near an asylum accommodation center in Clifden, County Galway, with reports suggesting she had suffered severe neck injuries.
The victim has been named by The Irish Sun as 31-year-old Masuma Sohrabi, who had traveled to Ireland from Iran in October 2024 and was living at the Waterloo House IPAS center in Clifden.
Irish police (Gardaí) confirmed that officers attended the asylum center on Thursday, after which the body of a woman in her 30s was discovered nearby.
An adult male, also in his 30s, has been arrested, and police added that it is not seeking anyone else in connection with the death and are “following a definite line of inquiry.”
Gript reported that both the victim and the arrested man were understood to be foreign nationals, and that the suspect was also connected to the IPAS system.
The outlet further reported that the man and woman were known to each other and that the alleged perpetrator had been involved in a fight with the woman the day before her body was found. It said locals claimed the earlier altercation had been broken up by a resident.
The Irish Sun reported that Sohrabi left the IPAS center at around 8 p.m. on Wednesday and did not return. Her body was found the following morning at Waterloo Bridge. Police officers have been searching the Owenglin River for evidence.
“A post-mortem will establish the full extent of the woman’s injuries. However, she did suffer an extremely violent death. Her body may have lain for several hours before it was found,” a source told the tabloid.
“Gardaí have the main suspect detained and are not looking for anyone else,” they added.
Sohrabi is understood to have previously contacted Gardaí about the suspect and had feared for her safety.
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