honorkillings

Youth guns down sister, nephew for ‘honour’

RAWALPINDI – A youth gunned down his sister and nephew over suspicion of illicit relationship between them in the village of Dhera Syedan, within the precincts of Mandra Police Station here on Tuesday. Police apprehended the killer and recovered weapon used in the gory incident of double murder. Those who killed included Farhat Batool, 25, .. read more

07
Oct
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Brother kills sister ‘for honour’

Rawalpindi: In an episode of honour killing, a young man riddled his sister with bullets at his house in Chak Baili Khan, on the outskirts of Rawalpindi, and fled away, the police spokesman said. The police have taken up the case and shifted the dead body to the District Headquarters Hospital for autopsy. The police .. read more

28
Jul
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Afghan teen murder spotlights growing violence against women

(Reuters) – Pressing her cheek against the fresh grave of her newly married teenage daughter, Sabera yowls as she gently smears clumps of dirt over her tear-stained face. “My daughter! Why did they kill you so brutally?” the mother screams in the sparsely filled cemetery in Parwan province, 65 km (40 miles) north of the .. read more

28
Jul
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