http://www.wtfnews.org/ Stories tagged honour killing en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 08:55:27 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/indian-man-beheads-daughter-in-honour-killing/ A FATHER who admitted beheading his daughter with a sword in a so-called 'honour killing' in northwestern India showed no remorse today when he was seen for the first time since the shocking incident. Oghad Singh surrendered at a police station two days ago, carrying his daughter's head in one hand and the bloodied ceremonial sword he had used to chop it off in the other. Residents of Dungarji village in northwestern India expressed shock as they performed the last... ]]> Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:24:53 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/indian-man-beheads-daughter-in-honour-killing/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/family-guilty-of-belgian-honour-killing/ A Belgian court has sentenced four members of a Pakistani family to prison for the "honour killing" of their law student daughter and sister. After pronouncing the family members guilty for the shooting death of Sadia Sheikh in October 2007, the jury sentenced father Tarik Mahmood Sheikh to 25 years behind bars, mother Zahida Parveen Sariya to 20 years, brother Mudusar to 15 and sister Sariya to five years. Lawyers for the family said on Monday brother Mudusar, ... ]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:21:46 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/family-guilty-of-belgian-honour-killing/