WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT
.Alexandra Mezher, 22, was stabbed to death at child migrant
home, Molndal, Goethenburg, Sweden, in January
.Youssaf Khaliif Nuur, from Ethiopia, was thought to be 15
but now revealed as at least 21, is charged with murder
.Pictures from inside the centre show a trail of blood left
as Miss Mezher desperately tried to pull herself to safety
.A report reveals how other residents heard her begging for
her life as she was stabbed repeatedly in the kitchen
.Miss Mezher, bled to death on the floor of a bedroom after the
vicious attack severed the artery in her thigh
By ULF ANDERSSON IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN and FLORA DRURY FOR
BE INFORMED
PUBLISHED: 15:52 GMT, 23 May 2016 | UPDATED: 17:01 GMT, 23
May 2016
Blood smeared across the floors and splattered up the walls,
these are the horrifying photos from inside the child asylum centre where a
female Swedish social worker was murdered in ‘a frenzied attack’.
Alexandra Mezher, 22, bled to death after being stabbed
three times in the back with an Ikea kitchen knife and once in thigh by one the
young migrants she was caring for.
The grisly pictures show that Miss Mezher appeared to have
put up a fight against her killer.
Bloodbath: This is the kitchen where 22-year-old Alexandra
Mezher was attacked, allegedly by Youssaf Khaliif Nuur, who said he was 15
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Escape: Miss Mehzer then tried to crawl away from her
attacker, making her way along the corridor, leaving a trail of blood
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Deadly: Police have said the severity of her injuries were
such she would have needed medical attention within minutes to survive
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Defence: Other young migrants, who heard her screams, tried
to intervene - the first one was beaten back, but another overpowered Nuur
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Begging for her life: Witnesses say she yelled 'No, no, no
Youssaf’ at least 10 times as he allegedly carried out the frenzied attack
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Charged: Nuur, who says he is from an Ethiopian village,
pictured after his arrest, claims he cannot remember anything of the attack
itself
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The trail of blood reveals for the first time how she tried
to escape from the vicious attack, managing to crawl from the kitchen where she
was stabbed with such force her artery was severed.
The psychology graduate, originally from Lebanon, then
pulled herself along the corridor, seeking safety in a bedroom.
It was here – lying on the floor in amongst the white sheets
stained red by her blood – that she lost her fight for life.
'The young man has shown extreme ruthlessness and harshness
which caused the death of Alexandra Mezhers,' prosecutor Linda Wiking noted.
Detectives arrived at the centre for unaccompanied minor
refugees in Mölndal, a suburb of Gotherburg, to find this scene of carnage with
a pot plant kicked over on the stairwell.
Asylum seeker Youssaf Khaliif Nuur, from Ethiopia, who
claimed to be just 15 to win himself a spot in the home, is charged with her
murder.
Prosecutors, who released the photographs as part of a
report into the shock killing, can now conclusively say he is at least 21, if
not older, meaning he should not have been at the centre, which was for
teenagers aged 14 to 17.
The report also reveals witnesses interviewed by police told
how Miss Mezher begged for her life, and was heard to scream ‘No, no, no
Youssaf’ at least 10 times as he stabbed her.
Hiding place: Miss Mezher spent her final moments in this
room, where she bled to death after her artery was severed
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Safety: This is the bedroom where Miss Mezher ended up,
after pulling herself to safety down the hallway on January 25
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Desperation: Her bloody fingerprints appear running up the
door, reaching for the door handle of room five
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Fatal: She had been stabbed with such force, the artery in
her leg had been severed - causing her catastrophic loss of blood
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Vicious: Miss Mezher also had stab wounds to her back and to
her hands, suggesting she had tried to defend herself from the onslaught
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Tricked: Ethiopian asylum seeker Nuur claimed to be just 15 to win himself a spot
in the young migrants home in Gothenburg
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Truth: It has now been proved he is at least 21, after it
was immediately suspected that Nuur was ling
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Lead up: Miss Mezher already knew a knife had gone missing
from the kitchen before she started her shift. Pictured: The murder weapon
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One of the other residents tried desperately to help the
young woman, but was attacked himself before more boys arrived to help.
‘Just a few seconds later more boys came in to the kitchen and
overpowered the man with the knife,’ the report continued.
‘Alexandra then manages to get away from the scene. A few
minutes later they make a distress call to the police.’
But Miss Mezher, who had worked at the centre for just four
months, bled to death before help arrived, in the sparsely furnished room.
She would have needed treatment within minutes if she were
to have any chance of survival, the report says.
Arrested: The report also included pictures of Nuur wearing
a blood-spattered t-shirt at the police station after the killing
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Mystery: Nuur still refuses to say what his true age is, and
his story about where he comes from in Ethiopia is muddled
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Decision: Nuur has now been charged as an adult, and it is
suggested that he will be deported if found guilty
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Her mother Chiméne Mezher, 42, told police: ‘She got a call
from her job saying that someone had taken a knife. She sat on the sofa, but
got up and went into the bedroom and talked.
Evidence: A bruise on Nuur's arm, taken in the police
station
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Evidence: A bruise on Nuur's arm, taken in the police
station
‘I do not think she wanted me to know she did not want me to
worry worried. It was the 24th, she sat and calmly painted her nails. She knew
how she would handle it.’
Mrs Mezher, 42, a mother-of-four, who moved from Lebanon 25
years ago, said previously: ‘Alexandra knew how to handle children including
violent ones.
'But those she was working with were big powerful guys - she
could see it in their eyes and their bodies.
'A few were maybe under 18, but the rest were older, maybe
23 or 24.'
Witnesses told detectives the atmosphere was ‘calm and
normal’ on the night of the killing – and there was no tension between Nuur and
Miss Mezher.
But at 8am on January 25 she was set upon by her killer in a
prolonged and brutal attack.
Nuur, who faces trial for her murder, claims he has no
memory of the killing.
His inability to tell police what happened during those
crucial minutes has left Miss Mezher's parents even more distressed.
Hans Gaestadius, the lawyer representing the Mezher family,
told reporters: ‘A mother and father who lose a young daughter like that are of
course devastated.
‘What upsets my clients most is that they have not gotten
the answers they need. The killer has not said why he did it.
‘Instead he say that he can not remember anything. He has a
gap in his story just when he committed his crime.
‘The strange thing is that he remembers everything before
and after the attack. We believe that this gap is deliberate and strongly
question if he is telling the truth.’
A source had previously revealed to MailOnline that Nuur -
who was refused housing elsewhere due to concerns over his mental health - may
have suffered some sort of a breakdown ahead of the killing.
'The knifeman may have had some kind of breakdown. He may
have suffered some trauma previously in his life,' the source said, adding that
Nuur had complained of feeling 'unwell' the night before and had not slept at
all in the hours before the alleged attack.
He was heard pacing around his bedroom for most of the night
before the attack.
A scuffle broke out at 8am and Miss Mezher reportedly tried
to break it up.
A Gothenburg Police source told MailOnline: ‘This lady tried
to separate them and told him to stop but he stabbed her. The suspect had been
up all night. He had said he was not feeling well the night before.’
Home: The asylum centre catered for about 10 teenage boys
who had arrived in Sweden unaccompanied
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Lies: Miss Mezher, who had worked there since September
2015, had told her mother many of the 'boys' were men
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Spattered: A pair of trousers discovered by police officers
in the stairwell of the asylum centre, with blood on them
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Chilling: Miss Mezher's blood-soaked trousers show just how
much blood the young woman lost in just 15 minutes
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Trail: An evidence picture showing blood marks in the hall
way outside the apartment where Miss Mezher died
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HVB Living Nordic, which runs the centre, is now under
investigation by Sweden’s Work Environment Administration to see if they broke
work environment laws for allowing Miss Mezher to work on her own with 10
teenage boys.
HVB Living Nordic is a private company paid by the local
authority to provide housing and care for unaccompanied minors, which has been
operating since late 2013.
In 2014, Molndal received £22.6million to provide housing
for unaccompanied minors – the most state funding per capita than any town or
city in Sweden.
That same year, HVB Living Nordic reported a profit margin
of 21.9 per cent.
Mental health problems: A source suggested Nuur - who was
refused housing elsewhere due to concerns over his mental health - may have
suffered some sort of a breakdown ahead of the killing. Pictured: The outside
of the asylum centre
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Questions: HVB Living Nordic is now under investigation by
Sweden’s Work Environment Administration to see if they broke work environment
laws for allowing Miss Mezher to work on her own with 10 teenage boys the night
she died
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Stress: Sweden has seen a huge influx of migrants in the
last year, adding to tensions in the country between locals and refugees
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The company, HVB Living Nordic, had asked the local
authorities for compensation to care for Nuur, but the extra staff promised had
reportedly not started yet at the time of the attack.
This despite the fact that Nuur had lived at the centre in
Molndal, home to ten migrants, for a month before the murder. Some 4,000
arrived without their parents in the past year alone at the suburb, which has a
population of just 60,000.
Unsuspecting: Miss Mezher, pictured right with best friend
Lej, appaeared calm to her mother before she went in for her shift
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Heartache: Her parents say one of the most difficult things
to deal with is Nuur claiming he doesn't remember the attack. Miss Mezher and
her best friends at their high school graduation in 2012 Left to right: Parisa,
Alexandra, Edith and Lejla
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