The man is accused of abducting Farah Hamza Akbar, stabbing her to death, and dumping her outside the Adan Hospital in Mubarak Al-Kabeer, where she later died from her injuries.
Murder is a capital crime in Kuwait.
At the time of her killing, it was reported by AP that a man had repeatedly harassed the woman after her family rejected his marriage proposal.
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Akbar's sister, herself a lawyer, had repeatedly warned the public prosecutor and several police stations that if the man was released her sister's life would be in danger.
After Akbar's death, a video of her sister weeping outside the hospital went viral in Kuwait sparking outrage in the Gulf state.
Her death sparked a wave of peaceful protests in Kuwait and calls for tougher action against gender-based violence.
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