A Pakistani court has sentenced four men to death over the mob killing of a woman who married against her family’s wishes, a court official said.
Farzana Parveen, who was pregnant, was beaten to death by her father and other relatives outside a court in Lahore on 27 May. The father surrendered to police after the killing and was among those sentenced to death.
Parveen was going to the Lahore High Court in connection with a kidnapping case filed by her family against her and her husband. One of the attackers claimed to be Parveen’s husband, saying she married another man without divorcing him.
Two of Parveen’s brothers and the man who claimed to be her husband were also sentenced to death. A fifth man was sentenced to 10 years. Hundreds of women are murdered every year in so-called “honour killings” carried out by husbands or relatives.
