Man killed, woman hurt

Published August 25, 2016

MINGORA: A man was killed and a woman was injured for ‘honour’ in the Shamozai area of the Swat valley late on Tuesday night.

Salim Khan told Shamozai police that he hurled a stone at Bilal after seeing his sister-in-law, Shakeela, and him together in their hujra (male guest house) in the Zarakhela area of Barikot tehsil.

He said the stone hit Bilal on the head, killing him on the spot.

Published in Dawn, August 25th, 2016

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