{"id":472476,"date":"2026-05-29T04:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/472476\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T04:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:40:08","slug":"man-arrested-after-leading-gardai-to-womans-body-in-co-galway-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/472476\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after leading garda\u00ed to woman\u2019s body in Co Galway \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

The remains of a woman killed in Co Galway<\/a> were discovered after the chief suspect turned up wounded at a centre for international protection applicants (IPAS<\/a>) in Clifden<\/a> and then led garda\u00ed<\/a> to the victim\u2019s body.<\/p>\n

The victim, named locally as Masuma Sohrabi, from Iran<\/a>, is understood to have been wounded in the neck by an assailant using a knife or bladed weapon.<\/p>\n

The arrested man had also suffered a neck wound, though no third party is suspected for his injuries. <\/p>\n

The man, aged in his 30s, was still being treated in hospital late on Thursday night, garda\u00ed said in a statement. Detectives must wait for doctors\u2019 approval before they can formally interview him.<\/p>\n

Garda\u00ed are appealing for anyone who was in the Clifden are, particularly around the Galway Road, who may have noticed any suspicious activity to come forward and assist in their investigation. <\/p>\n

Earlier on Thursday, he arrived at the emergency accommodation for IPAS before 9am where the woman and her two children were staying.<\/p>\n

The alarm was raised and when garda\u00ed arrived the wounded man, also a foreign national, took them to the nearby location near Waterloo Bridge where the woman\u2019s remains lay.<\/p>\n

He was then arrested and hospitalised. <\/p>\n

Garda\u00ed believe the victim left the accommodation in Clifden on Wednesday, possibly to meet the man, whom she knew. The victim\u2019s two children remained at the IPAS centre, being cared for by family friends. A family liaison officer has been appointed.<\/p>\n

When the woman failed to return, she was reported missing. A search was under way but abandoned after the subsequent events. <\/p>\n

The suspect was arrested under section four of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the Garda said investigators were following a definite line of inquiry and were not looking for anyone else in connection with the woman\u2019s death. They said the fatal attack did not happen in the emergency residential premises.<\/p>\n

The scene had been preserved for an examination by garda\u00ed and the woman\u2019s remains were left in situ for much of Thursday pending the arrival of a pathologist to carry out a preliminary examination of the body at the scene.<\/p>\n

They were then due to be removed for a full postmortem examination to determine the cause and time of the victim\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

It is understood she worked at a hotel in the area and her children attend a local primary school. Scoil Mhuire issued a statement on Thursday, describing the situation as \u201can incredibly sad and difficult time\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have become aware of the sudden and tragic passing of a member of our school family. Our hearts go out to her children, her family and all those who loved her.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement said psychologists from the National Educational Psychological Service were available to support pupils and staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe wellbeing of our children is our absolute priority. We wish to assure our school community that An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na have the situation under control.\u201d<\/p>\n

The school planned to \u201creopen as normal on Tuesday\u201d when staff \u201cwill be there to support every child upon their return\u201d, the statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The remains of a woman killed in Co Galway were discovered after the chief suspect turned up wounded…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[45,101100,4500,42,32652,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-472476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-clifden","tag-galway","tag-headlines","tag-international-protection-accommodation-services-ipas","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}