A teenage Pakistani girl has been shot dead by her uncle following a row over loud music, police said Tuesday.
The
incident happened Saturday in the Kallar Kahar valley in Punjab province’s
Chakwal district, around 120 kilometres (75 miles) from the capital Islamabad.
“The
girl Rehana Bibi was alone at her home and was listening to music when her
uncle Muhammad Gulistan… came to her house and asked to lower the volume,”
Sadat Ali, an official on duty at Kallar Kahar police station, told AFP.
“On her
refusal, they quarrelled and Gulistan shot her dead,” said Ali, adding that
Bibi was aged about 17.
Another
police official, Ali Akbar, said they were attempting to arrest the killer.
Police
said they were not aware of any family feud leading up to the attack.
In
Pakistan’s highly patriarchal and often violent society, women are frequently
killed over minor issues or so-called matters of “honour”.
The
Aurat Foundation, a campaign group that works to improve women’s lives in
Pakistan, says more than 3,000 have been killed for “honour” since 2008.
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