Pregnant Pakistani woman stoned to death by family

[joeybee12]

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A pregnant woman was stoned to death Tuesday by her own family outside a courthouse in the Pakistani city of Lahore for marrying the man she loved.

The woman was killed while on her way to court to contest an abduction case her family had filed against her husband. Her father was promptly arrested on murder charges, police investigator Rana Mujahid said, adding that police were working to apprehend all those who participated in this "heinous crime."

Arranged marriages are the norm among conservative Pakistanis, and hundreds of women are murdered every year in so-called honor killings carried out by husbands or relatives as a punishment for alleged adultery or other illicit sexual behavior.

Stonings in public settings, however, are extremely rare. Tuesday's attack took place in front of a crowd of onlookers in broad daylight. The courthouse is located on a main downtown thoroughfare.

http://news.yahoo.com/pregnant-pakistani-woman-stoned-death-family-163143284.html

This is so horrific I'm at a loss for words.

[Ron Green]

1. Can different people live in different centuries at the same time?

I don't know the answer to this, but a thousand years ago my ancestors were superstitious and brutal.

[LittleBlue]

2. "Tuesday's attack took place in front of a crowd of onlookers in broad daylight"

People just stood around and watched?

[get the red out]

3. Evil people do these things

And evil people don't stop them.

Edit to add: If you can murder your own family member, or anyone, in such a way you are nothing that can be considered "human".

[Demo_Chris]

4. Religion poisons EVERYTHING. nt