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theHandpuppet

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Fri Jun 6, 2014, 10:49 PM Jun 2014

Young Pakistani woman survives attempted "honor" killing.

BBC News - Asia
5 June 2014
Pakistan woman survives shooting after marriage dispute

An 18-year old Pakistani woman has survived being shot by her family after she married her neighbour, police say.

Saba Maqsood was allegedly shot by her father, brother and uncle before being thrown into a canal...

...It follows the killing of Farzana Parveen by her family in Lahore last week. Hundreds of women and girls are killed by family members in Pakistan each year in disputes over "honour"...

..."They took her to Hafizabad, shot her twice and threw her in the canal after putting her in a sack, presuming that she was dead," he said.

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