Palestinian man in Jordan man kills daughter

may all the victims of Shariah honor murders rest in peace.

AMMAN, Jordan: A Jordanian judicial official says a Palestinian man from a refugee camp has shot to death his 17-year-old daughter allegedly to cleanse the family’s honor.

Many Jordanians consider sex out of wedlock a stain on a family’s reputation. An average of 20 Jordanian women are killed by relatives every year in so-called honor killings.

The official says the 60-year-old man confessed to killing his daughter Wednesday when he was in a state of fury.

Forensic doctors say an autopsy showed the girl was still a virgin.

The official and doctors spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday because they were not authorized to talk to the media. The names of the father and daughter were not provided

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/16/news/ML-Jordan-Honor-Killing.php

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