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India: brother decapitates pregnant 19-year

2021-12-07T21:53:25.650Z


Arranged marriages are the norm in India. Because a 19-year-old ran away with her college friend instead, her mother and brother brutally killed her. The young woman was pregnant.


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Mother and brother have apparently surrendered to the local police (symbol picture)

Photo: Mukhtar Khan / dpa

A 19-year-old pregnant woman was beheaded by her mother and brother in India.

The reason: The two were angry that she ran off with her college friend and then married him against the will of her family, a police spokesman told the Indian Express.

Arranged marriages are the rule in India, a wedding is considered to be the union of two families and not just a couple.

As is customary in India for married women, the victim lived with her husband with their in-laws - on a farm in a rural area in the state of Maharashtra, about four kilometers from their home village. Her 38-year-old mother met her there last Sunday, according to police, for the second time since her wedding in the summer, and the 18-year-old brother for the first time.

According to the police, the young woman was making tea when her brother attacked her from behind with a sickle and her mother held her daughter's legs.

The brother beheaded her and brought her head outside.

The husband of the killed was also in the house and rushed into the kitchen when he heard falling dishes, a police spokesman told the local television station NDTV.

The brother then tried to kill him too, but he was able to escape.

Mother and brother had surrendered to the police.

kim / dpa

Source: spiegel

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