Entries for the tag ‘Honour killing’
Traditional form of murder where a person, usually female, is killed by or at the behest of members of their family or their partner, due to culturally or religiously sanctioned beliefs that such homicides are necessary as retribution for the perceived dishonoring of the family by the victim. 
- 21 December 1852: Sarah Slater (19) insists that Alfred Waddington (21) had no moral right to threaten her and behead their toddler
- 9 October 2010: Laura Wilson (17) is murdered by Ashtiaq Ashgar (17) in an “honour killing” near Meadowhall, Rotherham, following years of sexual abuse by Pakistani men
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