Jordanian kills sister to ‘cleanse family honor’
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Murder is punishable by death in Jordan, but in “honor killings” courts can
commute or reduce sentences, particularly if the victim's
family asks for leniency.(Photo courtesy mid-day.com)
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AFP, Amman -
A Jordanian has confessed to slitting his sister's throat and
stabbing her 20 times in the face and chest because she was rarely home,
apparently “to cleanse the family honor,” police said Tuesday.
“People last night found the body of a girl in her twenties. She had
been stabbed 20 times in face and chest before she had her throat slit,”
a police spokesman said.
“Police arrested her brother, who
confessed to committing the crime because his sister spent so little
time at the family home. His confession indicates that he sought to
cleanse the family honor.”
On April 15, police said they found
the burned body of a pregnant woman whose throat had been slit and belly
cut open showing her four-month-old fetus, in an apparent “honor
killing”.
Between 15 and 20 women die in so-called “honor”
murders each year in the Arab kingdom, despite government efforts to
curb such crimes.
Murder is punishable by death in Jordan, but
in “honor killings” courts can commute or reduce sentences, particularly
if the victim's family asks for leniency.
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