Honourable Killings?
Guardian UK: Where's the honour in this?
Heshu Yones was killed for her westernised ways. Was Nuziat Khan a victim of a similar crime? Rebecca Allison investigates Britain's honour killings
Heshu Yones and Nuziat Khan had a lot in common. Both fought against dominating men. Both ended up dead. Heshu, 16, a student from west London, had her throat cut by her father in October last year after he discovered she had been dating a man from outside their Kurdish Muslim culture. Abdalla Yones had become so "disgusted and distressed" by his daughter's westernised ways that he stabbed her 11 times and left her to bleed to death before trying to kill himself. He began a life sentence for murder earlier this week.
Posted by Eric on November 21, 2004 02:31 PM
