

The bodies of two Saudi Arabian sisters, Asra Abdullah Alsehli, 24, and Amaal Abdullah Alsehli, 23, were discovered in their Sydney unit in a suspected suicide pact. They had been cut off from their family’s financial support months before their tragic deaths, according to police.
It was reported that the sisters, who had originally fled their homeland with $5,000 in savings, had remained inside the apartment from late February until early April after they stopped receiving money. Toxicology reports found unusual levels of sodium, nitrate, and fluoride in the apartment, leading police to strongly believe their deaths were a result of a suicide pact.
According to sources, the sisters had a falling out with their family overseas, which caused the stream of money to stop. After this, they cut off communications with everyone. The girls received a final payment from their family in February, and soon after, their apartment rental fell behind, leading to their eventual eviction.
Although the cause of their death remains unclear, it is believed that the sisters were aware of the dangers of returning to Saudi Arabia, where both same-sex relationships and atheism are forbidden, and thus decided to take their own lives.
The sisters had applied for subclass 866 protection visas in Australia, claiming to be an atheist and a lesbian in their applications. Reports from Middle Eastern newspapers suggested that the sisters had renounced Islam at the time of their deaths.
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