"Indecent"
Father shoots daughter (15) over TikTok videos
In Pakistan, a father has shot and killed his 15-year-old daughter over videos on TikTok. According to a police spokesperson, the man found the images on social media indecent. He was arrested.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen A search is underway for a relative who may have been involved in the crime. According to the police, the family had previously lived in the USA, where the daughter who was killed was born.
The family had only recently returned to Pakistan to the south-western city of Quetta. Even before the crime, there had been conflicts between the teenager and her relatives due to her online videos.
Violence in the name of honor
In the patriarchal country with more than 240 million inhabitants, violence in the name of supposed honor occurs time and again. According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, the number of unreported cases could be around 1,000 per year. The perpetrators often go unpunished.
The case of the young influencer Qandeel Baloch caused a stir in 2016. Her brother had strangled the young woman. Qandeel Baloch had repeatedly criticized the oppression of women in her videos and campaigned for equal rights. After Baloch's death, the government increased the penalties for such crimes.
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