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Honour killing victim Shafilea Iftikhar Ahmed ( Punjabi and Urdu : شفیلیہ افتخار احمد ; 14 July 1986 – 11 September 2003) was a British-Pakistani girl who was murdered by her parents in an honour killing at the age of 17, due to her refusal to accept a forced marriage .
Pages in category "Honour killing in the United Kingdom" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The killing of Surjit Athwal was planned in the UK and done in India; Murder of Tulay Goren; Murder of Heshu Yones; So-called honour killings of people with Kurdish ethnic heritage: Pela Atroshi (Iraqi Kurdistan) Fadime Şahindal (Sweden) Hatun Sürücü (Germany) So-called honour killings of other people with Iraqi national heritage:
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Rania Alayed was a 25-year-old mother-of-three murdered by her husband in June 2013, in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) Chief Detective Inspector Bill Reade described this as an honour killing, [1] and the prosecutors stated she was murdered for trying to achieve independence from her husband and undergoing westernisation. [2]
Heshu's case was the first in the United Kingdom to be legally recognised and prosecuted as an honour killing; [4] [5] it led to the creation of a specialist task force [6] [7] in honour-based violence and, subsequently, to the reviewing of more than 100 previous cases of murder and suicide for any indication that "honour" was a factor. [8] [9]
The killing created a rise in anti-Islam sentiment across the UK, and news agencies were criticized for showing video footage of the murder. The assailants were identified as Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale to avenge the killing of Muslims by the British armed forces. They were sentenced to life imprisonment. 2016: Murder of Jo Cox: 1
Two parents allegedly tried to choke their 17-year-old daughter outside her high school in an attempted “honor killing” for refusing an arranged marriage with an older man, according to police.