Police in Pakistan have arrested 14 folks after a video went viral displaying the so-called honour killing of a pair accused of getting an affair.
Greater than a dozen males may be seen surrounding a number of autos in a desert in Balochistan within the footage.
A girl, her head wrapped in a scarf, may be seen slowly strolling in entrance of one of many autos as a person follows her, watched by the group.
A person raises a gun and shoots her thrice at shut vary. She collapses after the third shot, the video exhibits.
Extra gunshots observe. The footage then exhibits a bloodied man mendacity on the bottom near the lady’s physique.
Males are then proven capturing at each of the our bodies.
The video sparked outrage and calls for for the perpetrators to be delivered to justice.
Authorities had initially mentioned they have been killed for marrying towards the needs of their households.
“No one has a right, no matter what, to kill someone in such a painful and disgusting way, and then video shoot it,” Mr Bugti mentioned. “It is a crime. It is a murder.”
The Human Rights Fee of Pakistan (HRCP) mentioned there have been not less than 405 “honour” killings in 2024. Many of the victims have been girls.
