Thursday, June 14, 2007

Honour-Killing Victim Told Police Four Times Of Fears Father Would Murder Her

Banaz Mahmod made no secret of her belief that her father wanted to kill her. She was in hospital, nursing wounds incurred in an escape from him, when her boyfriend recorded a video of her on his mobile phone, in December 2005.

"It was just me and him in the living room. I turned around every now and then because I didn't trust him," she told the camera. Ms Mahmod also told police, four times, that she feared for her life and produced a list of three men she believed would murder her - but all to no avail.

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See also:

Honour killing used to threaten others

Where is the honour in killing your daughter?

'Honour killing' is part of a wider social tyranny