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A father stopped his daughter's arranged marriage after she
begged him to. Now she is dead, gunned down at a family wedding reports Mirror.
A Kurdish father living in Germany has called for justice
after his daughter was gunned down after refusing an arranged marriage.
'Shilan' was just three when her family fled Iraq - where
Kurds face persecution - and grew into a confident woman, became a German
citizen and studied property management.
Now the 21-year-old is dead, shot in the head at a wedding
in Hannover as her devastated family watched on.
Police have issued an arrest warrant for her cousin Sefin N.
(German law prohibits publishing his full name).
The victim's father Ghazi, 50, says his brothers decided she
should marry his brother's son Numan while he was on an aid mission in Iraq and
when he returned she begged him to stop the wedding from going ahead, reports
Bild.
He claimed the murder was vengeance for her spurning her
cousin. He said dozens of guests recognised Sefin at the scene.
He wrote on Facebook: "With great sadness, pain and a
bleeding heart, I announce the death of my beloved daughter Shilan."
He said she was the victim of "an insidious betrayal,
customs and traditions", and added: "It is a crime against an
innocent person.
2 comments:
Very sad.
Unfortunate.
Magnus.
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