Police
in Abbottabad in Pakistan's northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said
the death was a so-called honor killing ordered by a tribal council
after the girl, 16-year-old Ambreen, allegedly helped a neighbor and her
boyfriend elope.
"The order came
after Ambreen's neighbor, Saima, had eloped with her boyfriend on the
22nd of April," police officer Khurram Rasheed said.
Rasheed said the girl's killing was ordered after a 15 member tribal council, or Jirga, gathered to investigate the elopement.
The
couple that eloped has been tracked and is in a safe place, police
said. They added that those arrested will be tried in an anti-terrorism
court.
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