An 18-year-old Pakistani woman ‘‘miraculously survived’’ after being shot and thrown into a canal by her father for marrying against the family’s wishes, police said Saturday, describing the latest in a series of such attacks on women in the Muslim-majority country.
The assault Wednesday came days after a 25-year-old woman was stoned to death by her family for marrying a man they did not approve of, one of hundreds of so-called ‘‘honor killings’’ carried out every year in Pakistan against women accused of bringing shame to their conservative families through sexual transgressions. (Link is mine)
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Maqsood's room in hospital is under police protection.
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Local police officer Ali Akbar said the teenager’s father, with help from some of his close relatives, attacked her in Hafizabad, a city 120 miles southeast of the capital Islamabad.
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The woman told police her two uncles looked on as her father shot her in the face, put her in a burlap sack, and threw her into a canal, Akbar said.Read the full story HERE and view a related video below:
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