Pakistan arrests 11 after viral video of couple shot dead in ‘honour killing’
The couple were killed on the orders of a tribal council in Balochistan last month for marrying against their families’ wishes, police said
The couple, who were not identified, were shot dead on the orders of a local tribal council last month in the southwestern Balochistan province, according to provincial authorities who investigated after the video went viral.
Eleven suspects had been arrested, the provincial chief minister, Sarfraz Bugti, said in a statement on Monday, hours after he announced that the location and people in the video had been identified. A case had been registered against all those involved, Bugti said, adding that they would be prosecuted.
The video shows people in a desert, some trucks and SUVs that they had apparently driven there.
The woman is given a copy of the Koran, the Muslim holy book, and she then tells a man: “Come walk seven steps with me, after that you can shoot me.”
The man then follows her for a few steps.
A local police official said the woman did not cry or seek mercy.