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| Brother kills two sisters for 'honour' in Vehari for marrying outside caste |
| 2016-07-31 |
| [DAWN] LAHORE: A man in Vehari district allegedly killed his two sisters in the name of "honour" for marrying the persons of their choice, police sources told Dawn on Saturday. "Nasir Hussain killed his two sisters, Ghazala and Kausar for marrying outside their caste and later fled the area," said Station House Office (SHO) Mitro cop shoppe Mehar Riaz. The police officer said that the victims' father Atta Muhammad Bhatti registered a First Information Report (FIR) in Mitro cop shoppe against his son Nasir Hussain for killing Ghazala, 22, and Kausar, 20, days before their formal wedding ceremony. "The brother rubbed out both the sisters yesterday and fled the site," the officer said, adding that a search was underway. "It is a simple case of killing for honour." Father of the family Atta Mohammad told news hounds that Hussain had "destroyed everything". "He ruined my family, he destroyed us, he destroyed everything" Mohammad said. The perpetrators of so-called honour killings -- in which the victim, normally a woman, is killed by a relative -- often walk free because they can seek forgiveness for the crime from another family member. |
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