On Walpurgis Night 2014, eight-year-old Yara is found lifeless in her home. Paramedics describe the brutality against the child as the worst they have seen.
Yara came to Sweden from Gaza in 2013, where she experienced traumatic events. She comes here without her parents and siblings, and lives with her uncle and his wife in Karlskrona. But social services receive several reports that Yara is not doing well in her new home. Despite this, the uncle gets custody of Yara when she gets a permanent residence permit.
After Yara has been in Sweden for just over a year, her absence from school increases dramatically, and during Easter, the police receive a phone call. A worried neighbor has then met Yara in the elevator. The neighbor says that Yara has a black eye and that she has difficulty walking. Twelve days later, she is dead.
## The uncle and his wife are convicted of the murder
When eight-year-old Yara Alnajjar was found, she had been abused so badly that her life could not be saved. Yara's uncle and aunt by marriage are convicted of the murder.
Later, it emerges that the school, social services and the police are criticized for not doing more based on the warning signals that existed.
**A documentary by:** Emma Janke.
**Producer:** Laura Wihlborg.
**Executive producer:** Rosa Fernández.
The documentary was produced in 2025.
**Participants:**
Madleen Alnajjar, Yara's mother.
Nellie Olsson, Yara's classmate.
Andreas Glingfors, police officer who worked on the night of the murder.
Tina, Yara's neighbor.
Anonymous neighbor on floor 2.
Andrea Jilder, journalist who covered the case on P4 Blekinge.
Ann-Christine Petersson, external investigator for the municipality.
Mats Dahlén, former investigating police inspector.
Tobias Ekblad, current administrative director in Karlskrona.
Mohammed Alnajjar, Yara's father, from an interview from P4 Blekinge.
Toni Andersson, paramedic, participates with quotes from the trial that he has approved for us to publish.
The "mentor teacher" and "Swedish 2 teacher" participate with their quotes from the trial, which they have approved for us to publish.
Original title:
Ny: Mordet på åttaåriga Yara
Original description:
<p>På valborgsmässoafton 2014 hittas åttaåriga Yara livlös i sitt hem. Ambulanspersonalen beskriver…
