Ma'an -- Police arrested a man in the southern West Bank city of Hebron for allegedly murdering and burying his sister, police Director Ramadan Awad said on Sunday.The suspect was a 43-year-old whom police would only identify by his initials, "MM." Awad said the man admitted killing his 22-year-old sister last Friday. According to Awad, the man claimed that his sister's head hit the wall, killing her, during a fight between them.
The corpse was exhumed and will be examined by forensic scientists.
Palestinian security sources, who asked to remain anonymous, said they suspect the murder was by the man's concern with so-called "family honor."