파키스탄에서 부모 허락 없이 결혼했다는 이유로 임신 3개월의 여성이 대낮에 법원 앞에서 가족 수십 명에게 맞아 숨졌다.
이른바 '명예 살인'이라는 명목으로 한 해 수백 명의 여성이 숨지는 파키스탄에 서 이번 사건은 특히 범행시간과 장소 등에서 드문 사례로 공분을 사고 있다.
남편인 무함마드 이크빌이 친척들에게 맞아죽은 아내 시신 옆에서 망연자실해 하고 있다. (AP-Yonhap)
Pregnant Pakistani woman stoned to death by family
A pregnant woman was stoned to death Tuesday by her own family outside a courthouse in the Pakistani city of Lahore for marrying the man she loved.
The woman was killed while on her way to court to contest an abduction case her family had filed against her husband. Her father was promptly arrested on murder charges, police investigator Rana Mujahid said, adding that police were working to apprehend all those who participated in this ``heinous crime.''
Arranged marriages are the norm among conservative Pakistanis, and hundreds of women are murdered every year in so-called honor killings carried out by husbands or relatives as a punishment for alleged adultery or other illicit sexual behavior.
Stonings in public settings, however, are extremely rare. Tuesday's attack took place in front of a crowd of onlookers in broad daylight. The courthouse is located on a main downtown thoroughfare. (AP)
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