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A Pakistani man killed his two sisters the evening before their weddings because they had chosen their own husbands, rather than settling for arranged marriages. It's the latest in a string of so-called "honor killings" to take place in Pakistan.
Nazir Hussain, 35, from Pakistan's central Punjab province, shot dead his two sisters on Friday. The two victims, 22-year-old Kosar Bibi and 28-year-old Gulzar Bibi, were set to get married the next day."The brother shot dead both the sisters yesterday and fled the site," police officer Mehar Riaz told AFP. "It is a simple case of killing for honor."
Hussain had objected to the nuptials, wanting the women to marry within the extended family rather than choose their own spouses, Riaz said.
The father of the family, Atta Mohammed, said his son had "ruined my family, he destroyed us, he destroyed everything," the Express Tribune reported.
Hussain is now on the run, and a police search is underway.
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