Afghan woman is shot dead by her own father in front of mob of 300 after she 'dishonoured her family by running away from her husband'
PUBLISHED:09:52 EST, 30 April 2013| UPDATED:12:56 EST, 30 April 2013
An Afghan woman has been shot dead by her own father in front of a mob of 300 after she was accused of dishonouring her family by running away from her husband. The victim, known only as Halima, was aged between 18 to 20 and had two children, according to Amnesty International. She had eloped with a male cousin while her husband was in Iran. But ten days later he returned her to her family in Kookchaheel, in the Aabkamari district of the north-western Badghis province. Her father sought the advice of village elders and three of them issued a fatwa ordering that Halima be publicly executed.
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