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India-Pakistan |
80-year-old man and 70-year-old woman declared kari |
2009-01-29 |
An 80-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman were declared kari in Sukkur district's Jaffarabad area on Wednesday, a private TV channel reported. According to the channel, the people who passed the verdict also attempted to kill the two accused using bricks and wooden sticks, but the man and the woman survived the attack. The man declared kari has been missing since the attack, while the woman was in a critical condition, the channel said. |
Posted by:Fred |
#4 Her parents aren't alive to give their consent ... |
Posted by: Steve White 2009-01-29 12:02 |
#3 Sounds like plain old premarital-sex honour-killing stuff. |
Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-01-29 10:44 |
#2 What does "kari" mean? Witches? |
Posted by: mom 2009-01-29 10:13 |
#1 a word like 'barbaric' seems to fall short |
Posted by: Abu do you love 2009-01-29 00:41 |