Lahore:
Pakistani police investigating the murder of a woman bludgeoned to death outside a court have arrested five more men in connection with the brutal killing, a senior official said on Monday.
Farzana Parveen was killed last Tuesday outside the High Court in the eastern city of Lahore by more than two dozen attackers armed with bricks, including numerous relatives, for marrying against her family's wishes.
"We have arrested five more people in this case," Umer Riaz Cheema, a senior police official investigating the murder, told AFP.
"With this the total number of the arrested people comes to 10 including Parveen's father. However, the newly detained five men aren't among the directly accused killers," he said.
Parveen's husband Mohammad Iqbal claims more than two dozen people were responsible for her killing. Parveen's two brothers, two cousins and a female relative are still at large.
Her father, Mohammad Azeem, was detained at the scene of the attack, and a Pakistani court on Saturday remanded him in custody for a further seven days.
Hundreds of women are murdered by their relatives in Pakistan each year in the name of defending family "honour".
Police were apparently at the scene, but did not stop the mob killing Parveen, who was three months pregnant.
Meanwhile, around four dozen human rights activists held protests in Lahore on Monday against Parveen's murder and urged the authorities to punish her killers in order to avoid future attacks against women.
Farzana Parveen was killed last Tuesday outside the High Court in the eastern city of Lahore by more than two dozen attackers armed with bricks, including numerous relatives, for marrying against her family's wishes.
"We have arrested five more people in this case," Umer Riaz Cheema, a senior police official investigating the murder, told AFP.
"With this the total number of the arrested people comes to 10 including Parveen's father. However, the newly detained five men aren't among the directly accused killers," he said.
Parveen's husband Mohammad Iqbal claims more than two dozen people were responsible for her killing. Parveen's two brothers, two cousins and a female relative are still at large.
Her father, Mohammad Azeem, was detained at the scene of the attack, and a Pakistani court on Saturday remanded him in custody for a further seven days.
Hundreds of women are murdered by their relatives in Pakistan each year in the name of defending family "honour".
Police were apparently at the scene, but did not stop the mob killing Parveen, who was three months pregnant.
Meanwhile, around four dozen human rights activists held protests in Lahore on Monday against Parveen's murder and urged the authorities to punish her killers in order to avoid future attacks against women.
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