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Honour Killing: Man Axes Mother Of Eight To Death Over 'Honour' In Pakistan

14 Mar, 2018 12:28 PM

A man surrendered himself to police in Badin after killing his wife by repeatedly hitting her with an axe over ‘honour’, media reports said on Wednesda

The suspect told police that he suspected that the victim — who was the mother of eight children, including three differently-abled daughters — had illicit relations with another man who lived in the same area.

Eyewitnesses said that after being attacked, the woman ran out on the street crying for help but the suspect continued to attack her, eventually killing her.

The incident was confirmed by Assistant Sub-Inspector Mohammad Salim Khoso of Badin police station, who said that the body had been sent to Indus Hospital for post-mortem examination. A first information report (FIR) is yet be to registered.

Badin police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Mohammad Salim Khoso said that the woman’s body has been sent for post-mortem examination to the Indus Hospital. The FIR is yet to be registered.

Last month, a 36-year-old woman was allegedly killed in the name of ‘honour’ by her husband in Shikarpur district

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