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malabarcrusaderAnd those are just the tip of the iceberg. Naura, Israel is the latest location to be added to the list, although certainly not the last. This “honor” crime was especially shocking–it was publicly celebrated–and she’s still alive.
A 19-year-old woman from the Israeli-Arab town of Naura in northern Israel was hospitalized in critical condition at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa Tuesday after being shot twice in the head by her own brother. The suspect shot his sister in order to preserve the “family’s honor,” and was warmly congratulated by his family for his actions, according to Afula police investigators.
“I just shot my sister,” the youth told MDA medics, who immediately reported the incident to police. His sister, who was shot in the head and repeatedly kicked in all parts of her body, played dead while her brother boasted to the family that he had managed to kill her in order to preserve the family’s honor.
Police investigators noted that the attempted murder was meticulously planned. The youth had informed his family members that he was going to murder his sister early Tuesday morning, and then set off to do just that. He headed to the entrance of the village in a vehicle which he had borrowed from his brother, and awaited his sister’s arrival.
The youth then shot his sister, who was startled to see him and proceeded to kick her repeatedly in order to ensure that she was no longer alive.
Chief Superintendent of the Afula Police Department, Orli Malka, stated that “the young woman was clever enough to play dead so that her brother would stop kicking her.” The shooter than called MDA medics and phone the police emergency hotline. “I just shot my sister,” he said, all the while keeping vigil over what he assumed was his sister’s lifeless corpse.
The young man than [sic] informed his family that he had shot his sister and was warmly greeted, hugged and congratulated by his brother and other family members.
Such a classy religion you got there, Muhammad.
UPDATE 03/14: The Chicago example has been replaced with one from Ohio. The Chicago case was not an Islamic honor killing. My apologies for error.
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