A Jordanian man has turned himself in to police after stabbing to death his pregnant sister who married an Egyptian man against the familyâs will, the Jordan Times reported on Thursday. The woman, who was not identified, was eight months pregnant with a baby boy when her brother killed her on Tuesday with 25 stab wounds to different parts of her body, the newspaper said quoting an official source. Her brother called the police after committing the murder in the family home and waited for them to come and arrest him, the newspaper said. âWhen the investigators arrived to the scene, the suspect told them he killed his sibling to cleanse the familyâs honour using a kitchen knife,â the daily quoted the official as saying. According to an initial investigation the victim married an Egyptian man against her familyâs wishes a year ago and left for Egypt. She returned home last week to give birth. Her death brings to five the number of women killed in so-called âhonour crimesâ in Jordan this year, according to a Jordan Times tally. Seventeen women were killed in similar crimes last year.
seventeen? yeah, right, sure. |