Brutal Murder of Pakistani Newlyweds Shines Light on Honor Killings

By: American Decency Staff

The murder of a newlywed couple in Pakistan and a recent spate of similar deaths have called attention to the ongoing practice of “honor killings” in that country and around the world.

Sajjad Ahmed and Muafia Bibi were married on June 18 by a Pakistani court, despite opposition from Bibi’s family.

According to Pakistani police, her relatives invited them a week later to the rural village of Satrah, in Punjab province, where they drugged Ahmed and Bibi, tied them up, and killed them with knives. News outlets initially reported that the relatives had decapitated the couple, but later reports noted that their throats had been slit.

“The couple were not beheaded but were killed with the knives and had severe signs of torture on their heads,” the local police chief informed the Telegraph.

Residents said that local children were made to witness the killings in order to absorb the consequence of marrying someone out of love, which is forbidden among the country’s conservative Muslims.

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