Pakistani police arrested six males from the identical household on Sunday, accused of murdering two sisters who have been from the identical village but in addition had Spanish citizenship.
Police stated that Urooj Abbas, 21, and Anisa Abbas, 23, have been severely tortured and shot useless within the Gujrat district of Punjab province, which neighbors India. The two ladies have been allegedly killed for refusing to carry their husbands — cousins ​​from pressured marriages — to Spain.
Officer Ataur Rehman stated that homicide fees have been levelled towards the victims’ brother, a paternal uncle, each husbands, a cousin, and each fathers-in-law. Two unknown suspects and one other relative additionally charged within the homicide have been nonetheless at massive.
Forced marriages are frequent in rural areas of conservative Pakistan, the place family do not hesitate to kill ladies who refuse them or ignore the opinions of household elders. Rights teams say round 1,000 ladies are killed yearly in so-called honor killings in Pakistan.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
