A
man has been accused of murdering his own sister - for talking on the
phone.Hayat Khan said he flew into a rage after catching 16-year-old
Sumaira using a mobile to talk to her boyfriend. The 20-year-old used a
kitchen knife to stab her at their home in Karachi, Pakistan yesterday,
it has been reported. He then threw her out of the house where she lay
on the steps as neighbours gathered to help.
Speaking to AFP from his jail cell, Khan said:
"She was talking to someone at the entrance of the house, I asked
her who was there and she replied why are you bothered it's none of your
business, I am free to talk to anyone.
"I just wanted to scare her off with the knife but it hurt her fatally.
"Of course it is very sad, I wish I could also die."
A woman using a mobile phone, in particular to speak to a male
non-relative, is seen as highly taboo among conservative elements in
Pakistani society.
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