Less Than a Minute of Footage Was Posted. 2 Girls Died

Teens murdered in 'honor killings' in Pakistan
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted May 18, 2020 4:32 AM CDT
Less Than a Minute of Footage Led to Deaths of 2 Teens
In this 2016 photo, Pakistani lawmaker Naeema Kishwar talks to the AP about the 'honor' killing bill, a historic law to protect women from murder by members of their own families, that was passed by the Parliament, in Islamabad, Pakistan.   (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Less than a minute of footage allegedly showing two teen Pakistani girls in a secluded area with a young man was posted online. Now those two girls are dead. Male relatives allegedly shot the girls, ages 16 and 18, this week in a so-called "honor killing," the Guardian reports. The father of one girl and the brother of the other have been arrested, and two other family members are being sought. Police are also looking for a third young woman shown in the footage to make sure she is safe. The young man involved is believed to have recorded himself with the three females and posted the video to social media recently, even though it was shot nearly a year ago, the BBC reports. A life sentence is now mandated in Pakistan for anyone convicted of an honor killing. (More Pakistan stories.)

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