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Landmark case puts spotlight on dishonour killings in the UK
When Junyad, then only 13, saw his 17-year-old sister Shafilea being suffocated with a plastic bag by his parents, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, his reaction was utterly shocking - he totally approved of her murder. Turning to his three other sisters, he said that Shafilea "deserved it".
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Pak parents accused of killing daughter for wanting boyfriends
A 17-year-old Pakistani girl was murdered by her parents and her body dumped into a river after her westernised lifestyle brought shame on her strict Muslim family's honour, a British court has heard.Shafilea Ahmed was murdered and her body was dumped near Sedgwick, Cumbria, in September 2003. Her remains were discovered five months later, The Sun...
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Landmark case puts spotlight on dishonour killings in the UK
When Junyad, then only 13, saw his 17-year-old sister Shafilea being suffocated with a plastic bag by his parents, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, his reaction was utterly shocking - he totally approved of her murder. Turning to his three other sisters, he said that Shafilea "deserved it".
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Pak parents accused of killing daughter for wanting boyfriends
A 17-year-old Pakistani girl was murdered by her parents and her body dumped into a river after her westernised lifestyle brought shame on her strict Muslim family's honour, a British court has heard.Shafilea Ahmed was murdered and her body was dumped near Sedgwick, Cumbria, in September 2003. Her remains were discovered five months later, The Sun...
