Pakistani police escort blindfolded
suspects accused of killing and setting fire to a woman as they appear
at a court in Abbottabad on May 5, 2016.
In this shocking incident, a 16-year-old Pakistani girl has been choked, injected with poison, tied to a van and burnt alive in a perceived honour killing. As a result, more than a dozen people have been arrested for the shocking murder.
According to the Police in Abbottabad in Pakistan's northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the death was a so-called honor killing ordered by a tribal council after the girl, 16-year-old Ambreen, allegedly helped a neighbour and her boyfriend elope.
"The order came after Ambreen's neighbour, Saima, had eloped with her boyfriend on the 22nd of April," police officer Khurram Rasheed said. Rasheed revealed that the girl's killing was ordered after a 15 member tribal council, or Jirga, gathered to investigate the elopement.
The couple that eloped has been tracked and is in a safe place, police said. They added that those arrested will be tried in an anti-terrorism court.
Around 1,100 women were killed by relatives in Pakistan last year, according to the country's independent Human Rights Commission.
Honour Killing is the murder of a member of a family or social group by other members, due to the belief the victim has brought dishonour upon the family or community.
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