Louay Omar Mohammed Alawi
Louay Omar Mohammed Alawi , Arabic لؤي عمر محمد علاوي Luʾai ʿUmar Muḥammad ʿalāwī , (born 1979 in Kirkuk ) is an Iraqi doctor and radical Islamist who murdered 42 or 43 patients over a period of six months in a hospital in Kirkuk, Iraq, starting in October 2005. Alawi was in the Arabic-language press referred to as aṭ-ṭabīb as-saffāḥ ("murderous doctor").
Alawi was born in Kirkuk in 1979. He belonged to the Arab tribe of the Tayy and was accordingly also called "Louay al-Taei" (Luʾai aṭ-Ṭāʾī; "Louay, the Tayy-member"). Alawi attended school in his hometown. After graduating from school, he studied medicine at the University of Mosul . During his youth, Alawi was active within the Ba'ath Party and held the rank of naṣīr mutaqaddim (roughly: "advanced supporter"). Months before the fall of the Ba'ath regime, Allawi turned increasingly to Islam. After the invasion of the US armed forces, he developed into a jihadist and joined the Ansar al-Sunna . Alawi graduated in 2004. He then worked at the General Hospital in Kirkuk. His task within the Ansar al-Sunnah was initially to treat injured fighters of the organization. This happened in the Tisʿīn region of Kirkuk.
Alavi's hospital victims were Iraqi soldiers and police officers who had been hospitalized after being wounded in battle. Alawi, who fought for the insurgent cause, killed his victims by turning off their ventilators, infecting their wounds, or injecting lethal doses of medication.
His highest-ranking victim was police lieutenant Arjuman Abdallah, deputy chief of police in al-Miqdad, who was recovering from an operation in the hospital. Alawi also killed his brother. He was a soldier and was wounded in battle.
Allawi was paid for by the Ansar al-Sunna terrorist group , which paid him between 7 and 100 dollars for each murder and granted him monthly prepaid credit. He also treated the members of the group, helped them escape the authorities and forged documents for them.
Alawi was arrested by Asayîş forces on March 4, 2006 after an apostate betrayed him. Allawi said the leader of the al-Mala Yasin group threatened to betray him if he failed to treat fighters. Allawi also justified his actions with the following words: "Because I hate the Americans and what they have done to Iraq and so that I can get money." It was easy for him because the Turkmen and Kurdish doctors would have left the hospital at night or have fled. Colleagues described Alawi as obedient, cooperative, and cultured.
Web links
- Michael Howard: “I made a mixture of drugs and injected them. They were dead in three hours ”. In: The Guardian. April 17, 2006
- Patrick Cockburn: Insurgent doctor killed dozens of wounded soldiers. In: The Independent. March 23, 2006
- Michael Howard: Kirkuk's “Doctor Death”: I made a mixture of drugs and injected them. ekurd.net, April 17, 2006
Individual evidence
- ^ Daily newspaper al-Ittihad in Arabic ( Memento of December 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Al-Mustaqbal, March 29, 2006
- ↑ Aljazeera, March 29, 2006, Arabic
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alawi, Louay Omar Mohammed |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iraqi doctor and radical Islamist and serial killer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kirkuk |