Pakistan to try 13 for killing, burning teenage girl
The police said that the killing was ordered by tribal council who is in custody along with the killer.
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2016-05-07 12:38 GMT
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani police say that13 members of a local tribal council who allegedly strangled a local girl and set her body on fire as punishment for helping one of her friends elope will face trial under anti-terrorism laws.
The body of 17-year-old Ambreen Riasat was found in a torched van near a tourist resort in north-western Pakistan on April 29. Police said that the tribal council ordered the killing.
Police officer Muhammad Tahir said on Saturday that the suspects are in the custody of counter-terrorism police.
Nearly 1,000 women are killed every year in Pakistan in so-called honour killings in response to alleged romantic liaisons outside the bounds of arranged marriage. The killings are often carried out by close male relatives.