Pregnant Pakistani woman stoned to death by her family members

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Relatives of a pregnant woman beat her to death with bricks near a court building in eastern Pakistan after she married a man against their will, authorities said.

Farzana Parveen, 25, was attacked Tuesday close to the high court in Lahore by a group of about 20 people, including her brothers, father and cousin, police said.

One family member made a noose of rough cloth around her neck while her brothers smashed bricks into her skull, said Mushtaq Ahmed, a police official, citing the preliminary report into the killing. She was three months pregnant, he said.

What had Parveen, who came from a village in Punjab, done to provoke such a brutal attack?

Police officials said she had refused to wed the cousin whom her family had selected for her, choosing instead to elope with a widower named Mohammad Iqbal.

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http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/28/world/asia/pakistan-pregnant-woman-killed/

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1. Last year 869 women were the victims of "honor" killings in Pakistan

According to the above linked article, many times bystanders watched and didn't intervene. Also according to this article, the perpetrators are frequently NOT prosecuted.

Shameful, heartbreaking and utterly without a shred of honor.

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2. kick