US EditionPakistan arrests 11 suspects after viral video of couple shot dead in 'honour killing'
BALOCHISTAN, PAKISTAN, JUL 21 – Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti ordered arrests and a full probe after a viral video showed a couple killed for marrying without family consent amid 547 honor killings reported in 2024.
- In Quetta, Bugti directed law enforcement to locate the crime scene and arrest all those involved without delay, after a viral video showed the couple’s execution.
- In recent years, so-called honor killings have persisted across Pakistan, with HRCP data showing at least 335 women and 119 men killed last year alone.
- According to Bugti, at least 11 suspects have been arrested since the video circulated and an FIR was filed at Hanna-Urak police station.
- Amid the probe, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari called the suspects `beasts` who deserve no leniency, while Bugti pledged ongoing investigations and prosecutions.
- Rights activists say the incident underscores entrenched power of tribal councils, urging abolition of parallel jirga systems and stronger enforcement to end impunity.
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More than a dozen men suspected of being involved in the murder of an unmarried couple in Baluchistan.
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A woman and a man were shot dead on the outskirts of Quetta in Balochistan, Pakistan. The killings were allegedly motivated by the couple's marriage without the consent of the bride's brother. Police identified those suspected of involvement in the murder after a video surfaced online.
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