Oh that? On her neck?
Oh hey gee what do you know – there’s a huge bruise on Samia Shahid’s neck. Maybe she grabbed herself by the neck when she had her “heart attack” or was it her “asthma” attack.
Police in Pakistan investigating the death of a 28-year-old British woman have confirmed a bruise was found on her neck after her death.
Samia Shahid’s husband claims she was murdered in a so-called honour killing.
There was a 7.5in (19cm)-long mark around her neck below her right ear, police said.
Meanwhile, her first husband has been granted “pre-arrest bail” and is expected to offer himself for interview, according to police.
The move means he cannot be arrested in connection with her death, for an as yet unspecified period.
Well that must be pleasant for him. Not so pleasant for her, but hey, she was just a woman.
Meanwhile in the UK, two people, including a relative of Ms Shahid, have been bailed over alleged threats made to MP Naz Shah.
The arrests were made after the Bradford West MP said she was looking into the death of Samia Shahid, 28.
West Yorkshire Police were questioning a 32-year-old woman, a relative of Ms Shahid, and a 37-year-old man.
If women would just do what they’re told, there’d be no need for all this threatening and murdering.
Well, apparently the ’32 year old woman…relative’ is living up to her community’s standards.
Good work: Media coverage of honour killings
Samia Shahid was visiting family in Pakistan when she suddenly died and was buried the same night. Her family said the death was due to a heart attack. But her husband protested that she was a healthy woman with no ailments and it was highly unlikely that this was the cause of death. He said that Samia Shahid had been killed by her family for marrying him after divorcing her first husband (who was her first cousin as well).
The British media and then the Pakistani media picked the story and forced the authorities to thoroughly investigate her death.
Samia’s death could be another case of honour killing and it would have been left unsolved if the media – both international and local – hadn’t taken up her case and brought it into focus. http://bit.ly/2azS97X The UK authorities are putting pressure on Pakistan to investigate.
Pakistan’s media has been giving great coverage to a sudden spike in murders in the name of honour in Pakistan. One reporter – I believe he works for Geo News and his name is Ajaz or Azaz Syed – has given good follow ups of this case. And it is hoped that such reporting continues to solve all murders done in the name of honour and the culprits caught and punished so that this crime can be stopped. The media should also try and teach people that murder is murder and that there is no such thing as honour killing. This is cold blooded crime like any other murder.