The police said that the killing was ordered by tribal council who is in custody along with the killer.
The assault bore the hallmarks of previous killings by Islamist militants on secular and atheist activists. (Representational Image, Photo: AP)
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani police say that13 members of a local tribal council who allegedly strangled a local girl and set her body on fire as punishment for helping one of her friends elope will face trial under anti-terrorism laws.
The body of 17-year-old Ambreen Riasat was found in a torched van near a tourist resort in north-western Pakistan on April 29. Police said that the tribal council ordered the killing.
Police officer Muhammad Tahir said on Saturday that the suspects are in the custody of counter-terrorism police.
Nearly 1,000 women are killed every year in Pakistan in so-called honour killings in response to alleged romantic liaisons outside the bounds of arranged marriage. The killings are often carried out by close male relatives.
( Source : AP )
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