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| Woman who survived Saddam killed | Woman who survived Saddam killed |
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| A murder inquiry has started after a woman whose husband and son were executed by Saddam Hussein in the 1980s was found dead at her home. | |
| The body of Pauline Knowles-Samarraie was found after a fire at a bungalow in Rottingdean, East Sussex on Wednesday. | The body of Pauline Knowles-Samarraie was found after a fire at a bungalow in Rottingdean, East Sussex on Wednesday. |
| Post-mortem tests showed the 70-year-old, originally from Halifax in West Yorkshire, died of head injuries. | Post-mortem tests showed the 70-year-old, originally from Halifax in West Yorkshire, died of head injuries. |
| Her 40-year-old son-in-law is being questioned by detectives after being arrested in connection with her death. | Her 40-year-old son-in-law is being questioned by detectives after being arrested in connection with her death. |
| Sussex Police said on Friday they had been granted an extra 30 hours to question him, taking their time limit to just after midnight on Saturday. | Sussex Police said on Friday they had been granted an extra 30 hours to question him, taking their time limit to just after midnight on Saturday. |
| 'Brutal loss' | 'Brutal loss' |
| Mrs Knowles-Samarraie met her Iraqi husband, Munem, in her native Halifax where he was studying A-levels. | Mrs Knowles-Samarraie met her Iraqi husband, Munem, in her native Halifax where he was studying A-levels. |
| Two years ago she published a book about how she left Yorkshire in the 1960s to live in Baghdad. | Two years ago she published a book about how she left Yorkshire in the 1960s to live in Baghdad. |
| Her husband, who had become an oil minister, was eventually executed in 1986 on Saddam's orders at Abu Ghraib prison. | Her husband, who had become an oil minister, was eventually executed in 1986 on Saddam's orders at Abu Ghraib prison. |
| Years after fleeing Iraq with her daughter, Mrs Knowles-Samarraie discovered that her son, Mazin, had been hanged in 1988. | Years after fleeing Iraq with her daughter, Mrs Knowles-Samarraie discovered that her son, Mazin, had been hanged in 1988. |
| In her book I Never Said Goodbye: A Mother's Memoir of Love and Brutal Loss Inside Saddam's Regime, she describes the atmosphere of increasing paranoia, fear and uncertainty as the ruling Baath party exerted more control. | In her book I Never Said Goodbye: A Mother's Memoir of Love and Brutal Loss Inside Saddam's Regime, she describes the atmosphere of increasing paranoia, fear and uncertainty as the ruling Baath party exerted more control. |
| A spokeswoman for Sussex Police said: "Initial post-mortem results show the woman died of head injuries, however further investigations are taking place." | A spokeswoman for Sussex Police said: "Initial post-mortem results show the woman died of head injuries, however further investigations are taking place." |
| Sussex Police said a 40-year-old man was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation following the fire in Grand Crescent. | |
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| Woman found dead in Sussex fire | Woman found dead in Sussex fire |