Girls killed `for honour' - claim

Islamabad - Two Pakistani boys, aged 11 and five, are facing double murder charges after they allegedly slashed their teenage…

Islamabad - Two Pakistani boys, aged 11 and five, are facing double murder charges after they allegedly slashed their teenage sisters' throats to protect their family's "honour", according to a report in an Islamabad paper yesterday. The boys murdered the girls, aged 16 and 18, in their sleep on Thursday to stop "teasing" by headmen in Dhadyan Chad village, central Punjab province, the News daily reported.

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