Noor Haffar Statements
"Nobody has been able to get ahold of him," said Noor Haffar, 24. "I hope he's OK."
Investigators have not said what Haffar and Matulis were doing in the neighborhood. Haffar's sister said Haffar and Matulis were staying with her at an apartment near the site of the beating.
Noor Haffar said Thursday that she has spoken to her brother, and she insists Malik was the aggressor, not her brother.
Haffar struck Malik in self defense, she said.
"At one point, my brother's life flashed before his eyes, and he pleaded with Malik to drop the [bike lock]," she said.
She said her brother had suffered many facial fractures and had had surgery.
Chicago Suntimes
Haffar's sister, Noor Haffar, 24, said her brother has been depressed and panicked in recent days but that she has not seen him since Wednesday. People should wait to learn all the facts of the case, Haffar said, and should not be quick to judge her brother."We want people to be patient and the truth will come out," Haffar said. "I just hope he's OK."
"He would never do something like this unless his life was in danger; he did what he could to escape," she said of the incident. "He wouldn't throw his life away for no reason. Three lives are completely destroyed by this."She said she hopes her brother turns himself in so he can face the charges.
Chicago Tribune
"I want him to know that the truth is coming out now and he doesn't have to be afraid because justice will be served," Muaz Haffer's sister said.
"I think he was just afraid for himself and afraid for us. We can't even stay home anymore," Muaz Haffer's sister said.
NBC 5 Chicago
Last week, Haffar's sister, Noor Haffar, said in an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times that her brother was simply scared and couldn't face the courthouse throngs. She also said an extremely drunk Malik and Popelka started the July 9 fight.
Chicago Suntimes
Noor Haffar Invokes 5th Amendment Rights Against Self-Incrimination
Chicago Suntimes
Investigators have not said what Haffar and Matulis were doing in the neighborhood. Haffar's sister said Haffar and Matulis were staying with her at an apartment near the site of the beating.
Noor Haffar said Thursday that she has spoken to her brother, and she insists Malik was the aggressor, not her brother.
Haffar struck Malik in self defense, she said.
"At one point, my brother's life flashed before his eyes, and he pleaded with Malik to drop the [bike lock]," she said.
She said her brother had suffered many facial fractures and had had surgery.
Chicago Suntimes
Haffar's sister, Noor Haffar, 24, said her brother has been depressed and panicked in recent days but that she has not seen him since Wednesday. People should wait to learn all the facts of the case, Haffar said, and should not be quick to judge her brother."We want people to be patient and the truth will come out," Haffar said. "I just hope he's OK."
"He would never do something like this unless his life was in danger; he did what he could to escape," she said of the incident. "He wouldn't throw his life away for no reason. Three lives are completely destroyed by this."She said she hopes her brother turns himself in so he can face the charges.
Chicago Tribune
"I want him to know that the truth is coming out now and he doesn't have to be afraid because justice will be served," Muaz Haffer's sister said.
"I think he was just afraid for himself and afraid for us. We can't even stay home anymore," Muaz Haffer's sister said.
NBC 5 Chicago
Last week, Haffar's sister, Noor Haffar, said in an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times that her brother was simply scared and couldn't face the courthouse throngs. She also said an extremely drunk Malik and Popelka started the July 9 fight.
Chicago Suntimes
Noor Haffar Invokes 5th Amendment Rights Against Self-Incrimination
Chicago Suntimes
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