Police Urge Murder Suspect to Surrender 17 Years After Student's Death

Seventeen years after the murder of Norwegian student Martine Vik Magnussen, her father, Odd Petter Magnussen, is urging main suspect Farouk Abdulhak to return to the UK to face justice. Martine's body was discovered in a basement in London following a night out on March 14, 2008, with a post-mortem revealing she had been raped and died from neck compression. Abdulhak, who fled to Yemen shortly after her death, has been the subject of renewed appeals from the Metropolitan Police and her family, emphasizing the need for accountability in cases of violence against women. In a statement on International Women’s Day, Odd Petter Magnussen lamented the prolonged denial of justice, asserting that Martine's story should not be forgotten. Abdulhak, who has previously described her death as a