A teenager and her husband were murdered in Daska by a group of relatives for marrying against their wishes, police said Saturday. Maafia Bibi, 17, and her 31-year-old husband Muhammad Sajjad were attacked with a knife by Bibi's father, her two uncles, grandfather and mother on Thursday night after inviting the couple to Bibi's parents' home.
The murders took place in Daska, 162 kilometres east of Islamabad. "Bibi's parents invited Muhammad Sajjad and his wife to their house to settle the dispute, but hit them both with a sharped-edged knife, killing them both," district police chief Gohar Nafees told AFP. He said that the couple had received blows to their heads. Bibi's parents, uncles and grandfather admitted killing them in the name of honour, saying they were being insulted, Nafees said. Her parents were unhappy with the marriage, which took place on June 18, because Sajjad was already married to another woman, he added. "Police arrested Bibi's parents, uncles and grandfather," Nafees said, after the family's neighbours told police about the incident.
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