Rana Husseini; 10/5/08
Authorities are questioning a 22-year-old man, who allegedly killed his pregnant married sister on Wednesday evening for reasons related to family honour, official sources said. The 20-year-old victim, who was not identified by officials, received three fatal bullets to the side of her head, reportedly by her brother, at her in-laws’ house in the Wadi Seer area, according to the sources. The victim was three months pregnant, the sources said, adding that the suspect immediately headed to the nearest police station and turned himself in, handing over the gun he reportedly used to shoot his sibling, to officers on duty. “The suspect told police he had just killed his sister to cleanse his family’s honour,” the source told The Jordan Times.
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Tags: Honour Killing, Jordan, Womens Rights