A father in Pakistan killed his teenage daughter after she uploaded videos to the social network “TikTok“ (TikTok), which he considered indecent, reported DPA, BTA.
The man, in his 50s, recently returned with his family from the United States and settled in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, local police chief Babar Baloch said.
The father, who is currently in custody, admitted to shooting his daughter earlier this week after she refused to dress more modestly and stop uploading videos to “TikTok“, which her family considered “indecent”, Baloch said. Police are treating the incident as a case of so-called “honor killings“.
About 1,000 women have been killed in Pakistan by close relatives – fathers, brothers and sons – under the pretext of saving family honor, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) reported. In most cases, murderers escape punishment because of a controversial Islamic clause in the law that allows the victim's relatives to pardon the perpetrator, said the human rights organization “Amnesty International“. In 2016, Pakistan passed a law that partially repealed the controversial clause, but that is still not enough to stop the practice, the HRCP admitted.