A teenage girl
was reportedly kidnapped, drugged and set on fire in an alleged 'honour
killing' by a tribal council in a Pakistani village after helping a friend
elope. Identified as Ambreen, the police said she was set alight in the van
that was used to help her school friend flee the village to marry of her own
free will. Other reports also indicate that the teen was strangled by members
of the tribal council known as - jirga before she was burned.
The
traditional council ordered the girl be put to death as punishment for
her involvement in helping a couple leave the village to marry. According to a
Police Chief, “They took her to an abandoned place outside the village and made
her unconscious by injecting her with some drugs. Then they seated the girl in
a van in which the couple had escaped. They tied her hands to the seats and
then poured petrol on her and the vehicle. ” Then she was heartlessly set her
on fire.
The punishment
was devised to be so severe to serve as a warning to other girls in their
village and remain a deterrent to such ideas
.
At least 13
elders in the village near the north western city Abbottabad have been arrested
over the death - along with the girl’s mother, who allegedly agreed to the
sentence. They have been also arraigned in a local anti-terrorism court on
charges of murder and terrorism.
No comments:
Post a Comment