At least 11 suspects were arrested after a video arose on the social networks of a woman already shot and killed for marrying their families’ wishes, in a so -called honor murder, authorities said.
The couple, who were not identified, were shot dead in order of a local tribal council last month in Baluchistan, according to the provincial authorities, which they investigated after the video went viral.
Eleven suspects have been arrested, said provincial principal minister, Sarfraz Bugti, in a statement on Monday, hours after announcing that the location and the people in the video had been identified.
آپ ڈیٹ ڈیٹ: اب اب اب ملزمان ملزمان گرف om ملوث افراد کو کیفرِکردار پہنچا پہنچا جائے جائے گا۔ گا۔ گا۔ ملوث ملوث ملوث ملوث ملوث ملوث ملوث ملوث ملوث ملوث ملوث ملوث ملوث ملوث ملوث ملوث ملوث ملوث ملوث ملوث ملوث ملوث ملوث ملوث ملوث. ریاس Da مظلوم کے سا Lar.
– Sarfraz Bugti (@Paksarfrazbugti) July 20, 2025
A case has been registered against all those involved, Bugti said, he added that they will be prosecuted.
The video shows people in a desert, and some trucks and SUVs in which they had apparently been driven there.
The woman receives a copy of the Quran, the Sacred Muslim book, and then tells a man: “Come and walk with me, after that, you can shoot me.”
The man follows her in some steps.
A local police officer said the woman did not cry or look for mercy.
“He is only allowed to shoot me. Nothing more than that,” says the woman in the Brahavi regional language, translated by the official.
It was not clear to what he meant to “nothing more than that.”
The man, who had followed her, then pointed a gun as she turned her back on the shooter.
The woman, wrapped in a chal, stayed still when they shot. He stayed after two shots, delivered from short distance, falling to the ground after the third shot.
That is followed by a series of shots. Then, the footage shows a bloody man lying on the ground, near the woman’s body. Then, men are shooting both bodies.
Reuters could not independently verify the authenticity of the video.
Pakistan’s Human Rights Commission said that in 2024, there were at least 405 “honor murders”, criticizing the authorities for not eliminating these crimes.
Most victims are women, and murders are generally carried out by relatives who benefit to defend their family’s reputation, human rights groups say.
