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Thursday, 17 March 2016

Woman Shot Dead at Wedding for Refusing to Marry Her Cousin



The father of the 21-year-old, who has been identified only as Shilan, posted an image to his Facebook page of his daughter lying in a pool of blood and demanded justice.

In a post, he wrote that his daughter died ‘as a victim of a treacherous trail and tradition.

‘It is with the deepest sense of loss and pain that I announced the loss of my daughter,’ said Ghazi H., 50.‘She died in a pool of her own blood, as a victim of a treacherous trail and tradition.’


Ghazi said that his two brothers, identified as Numan H and Hassan H tried to force a union between Shilan and her cousin Sefin, but she had refused.

Ghazi said he had left his brother looking after his family while he worked on a project in Iraq.

He said that his brother arranged the marriage behind his back.


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