Police in north-western Pakistan on Monday confirmed the arrest of the close relatives of two teenage girls who were killed in the name..
Police in north-western Pakistan on Monday confirmed the arrest of the close relatives of two teenage girls who were killed in the name of honour after they appeared in a viral video with a man.
A third girl who had appeared in the video was still alive and had been rescued, said police official Mohamed Ibrahim, but he didn’t disclose her whereabouts due to security concerns. The young man in the video with the girls, aged 16 and 18, was arrested while on the run in the northern town of Haripur, Ibrahim said.His accomplice, who allegedly shot the video and shared it on social media, was also arrested from the nearby region of South Waziristan, he said.
Every year, around a thousand women are killed in honour killings for bringing shame to their families, according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
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