Mirpurkhas: 17-year-old killed for honor

Police on Monday said that four of the seven men accused of involvement in the reported honor-killing of a 17-year-old girl in Mirpurkahs’ Goth Rawat Banglani have been arrested.

According to an initial investigation, the 17-year-old girl from Mirpurkhas murdered for ‘honor’. Police said the teenager buried shortly. After she killed in what may have an attempt to hide the crime.

Police added that three of the seven people named in the first information report (FIR) were the 17-year-old girl’s brothers.

An honor killing, honor killing, or shame killing, is the murder of a member of a family. Due to the perpetrators’ belief that the victim has brought shame or dishonor upon the family. Or has violated the principles of a community or a religion with an honor culture.