According to police, investigators said the father killed his 16-year-old daughter "for honor" and the victim's family initially tried to portray the murder as a suicide.

Pakistan police on Friday said a father shot dead his daughter after she refused to delete her account on popular video-sharing app TikTok.

In the Muslim-majority country, women can be subjected to violence by family members for not following strict rules on how to behave in public, including in online spaces.

“The girl’s father had asked her to delete her TikTok account. On refusal, he killed her,” a police spokesperson told AFP.

According to a police report shared with AFP, investigators said the father killed his 16-year-old daughter on Tuesday “for honor.” He was subsequently arrested.

  • Cypher@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Duelling was rarely to the death, and between consenting individuals whom were both armed.

    Seems odd to draw a comparison between that and unarmed children getting murdered by family members.

      • Cypher@lemmy.worldEnglish
        152·
        1 day ago

        If I need to explain to you that two completely unrelated acts can be judged differently you might want to head back to pre-school, which is where most humans generally learn these sort of lessons.

        • burgerchurgarr@lemmus.orgEnglish
          26·
          1 day ago

          I mean I’m not defending honor killings because why would any sane person but you sound pretty apologetic towards yet another archaic patriarchal tradition just because it happens to have been part of your culture