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April 13, 2009, Monday
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A JORDANIAN man confessed to stabbing to death his pregnant sister and mutilating her body to protect the family honor, Jordanian authorities said yesterday.
Prosecutor Mohammed al-Tarawneh said the man turned himself in to police and has been charged with murder.
The 28-year-old married woman was five months pregnant and was stabbed repeatedly in the face, neck, abdomen and back as well as being hacked up with a meat cleaver, according to government pathologist Awad al-Tarawneh.
Police familiar with the case said the woman had moved back in with her family after an argument with her husband six months earlier. The brother believed she then started seeing other men.
The names of those involved have not been released.
The incident, the ninth such case this year, took place in the village of Basira, in the conservative Bedouin heartland of southern Jordan.
Around two dozen women are killed each year in these conservative areas of Jordan by male relatives who typically accuse them of besmirching the family honor through adultery or having sex outside of marriage.
Human rights organizations have condemned honor killings in Jordan and appealed to King Abdullah II to put an end to the practice. Moves have been blocked in the conservative parliament.
Prosecutor Mohammed al-Tarawneh said the man turned himself in to police and has been charged with murder.
The 28-year-old married woman was five months pregnant and was stabbed repeatedly in the face, neck, abdomen and back as well as being hacked up with a meat cleaver, according to government pathologist Awad al-Tarawneh.
Police familiar with the case said the woman had moved back in with her family after an argument with her husband six months earlier. The brother believed she then started seeing other men.
The names of those involved have not been released.
The incident, the ninth such case this year, took place in the village of Basira, in the conservative Bedouin heartland of southern Jordan.
Around two dozen women are killed each year in these conservative areas of Jordan by male relatives who typically accuse them of besmirching the family honor through adultery or having sex outside of marriage.
Human rights organizations have condemned honor killings in Jordan and appealed to King Abdullah II to put an end to the practice. Moves have been blocked in the conservative parliament.
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