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Man shoots his sisters for attending a wedding party in Parwan
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A young man opened fire on his sisters leaving one dead and two others maimed in an apparent honor killing case in northern Parwan province of Afghanistan.According to the local security officials, the incident took place in Bagram district in Mahiger area. The district police chief Mohammad Masoom Farzaye confirmed that the man opened fire on his sisters because they had participated in a wedding party. No further details were given regarding the identity of the man who has reportedly beat feet from the area following the attack. Parwan is among the relatively volatile provinces in northern Afghanistan where numerous cases involving honor killings have been reported during the recent years. This comes as a man sprayed bullets at his in-laws in Sayed Khel district earlier this year in which his wife has was killed. According to the officials the killer's wife, father in-law, mother in-law and two other persons were driving in a vehicle when they came under fire. Mohammad Zaman Mamozai, Provincial Police Chief of Parwan, the killer's father in-law, mother in-law and two other persons who were driving in the same vehicle sustained injuries during the attack that were shifted to the hospital. Posted by: Fred 2015-08-06 |
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