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| Jordanian kills pregnant sister who married against family wishes |
| 2004-04-22 |
| A Jordanian man has turned himself in to police after stabbing to death his pregnant sister who married an Egyptian man against the familyâs will, the Jordan Times reported on Thursday. The woman, who was not identified, was eight months pregnant with a baby boy when her brother killed her on Tuesday with 25 stab wounds to different parts of her body, the newspaper said quoting an official source. Her brother called the police after committing the murder in the family home and waited for them to come and arrest him, the newspaper said. âWhen the investigators arrived to the scene, the suspect told them he killed his sibling to cleanse the familyâs honour using a kitchen knife,â the daily quoted the official as saying. According to an initial investigation the victim married an Egyptian man against her familyâs wishes a year ago and left for Egypt. She returned home last week to give birth. Her death brings to five the number of women killed in so-called âhonour crimesâ in Jordan this year, according to a Jordan Times tally. Seventeen women were killed in similar crimes last year. seventeen? yeah, right, sure. |
| Posted by:TS |
| #7 What a sick, sick culture the arabs have. |
| Posted by: Halfass Pete 2004-04-22 11:30:23 PM |
| #6 Mike, you left out the part about all those women who disfigured themselves by splashing battery acid on their own faces. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-22 10:07:47 PM |
| #5 There have also been several dozen reported suicides of young women who stabbed themselves to death with kitchen knives. |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-04-22 9:30:59 PM |
| #4 âWhen the investigators arrived to the scene, the suspect told them he killed his sibling to cleanse the familyâs honour using a kitchen knife,â When the entire world is cleansed of this mentality, it won't be too soon. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-22 6:49:14 PM |
| #3 And these are the people who want us to embrace their ideals of civilization |
| Posted by: cheaderhead 2004-04-22 6:45:14 PM |
| #2 So what about the fetus/baby? It was pretty viable at 8 months. I assume he died from the rounds. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-04-22 12:13:47 PM |
| #1 Why'd she "go home" to give birth? Seems like if she knew there was family problems with the husband, she could give birth in Egypt, or am I missing something? Also, if they execute the brother for murder - what happens to him in the hereafter? |
| Posted by: Anonymous4052 2004-04-22 11:21:44 AM |