I nearly vomitted in my mouth reading this.
Her own uncles.
Infront of her sister and mother...she had already been shot, the girls tried to save her, the men pulled them away and shot her in the head as her hands were covering as she begged for mercy.
All because she moved out of home for a little while...and the grandfather even said if she was away from home for a NIGHT she should be killed.
I think i take living in austalia for granted sometimes...
Her own uncles.
Infront of her sister and mother...she had already been shot, the girls tried to save her, the men pulled them away and shot her in the head as her hands were covering as she begged for mercy.
All because she moved out of home for a little while...and the grandfather even said if she was away from home for a NIGHT she should be killed.
I think i take living in austalia for granted sometimes...
Australian links in honour killing of Pela AtroshiBy Sian Powell
April 26, 2008 01:32am
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Kurdish girl shot by uncle in brutal honour killing
Council of male relatives made the chilling decision
Members of council lived in Australia
MORTALLY wounded and bleeding profusely, Pela Atroshi covered her head with her hands, pleading "please don't shoot me, please don't shoot me".
As her sister and her mother screamed, her uncle Rezkar Atroshi raised his gun and killed her. The family's honour had been cleansed.
Rezkar had already shot Pela twice in the back in the upstairs room.
Helped downstairs by her mother and her younger sister, the 19-year-old Kurdish Swede was confronted by four resolute men - her father and his three brothers. The men pulled the women apart. Her youngest uncle then finished the job, shooting Pela in the head.
The bullet went through one of her fingers and into her brain.
The decision to kill her was made by a council of male relatives, led by Pela's grandfather, Abdulmajid Atroshi - a Kurd who lived in Australia.
One of his sons, Shivan Atroshi, helped pull the women away from Pela so his younger brother could get a clean shot. Shivan, too, lived in Australia.
It is the first time an officially confirmed honour killing with a connection to Australia has ever publicly come to light, but it is likely there have been other Australian-connected honour crimes that have been kept hidden within the tight-lipped Australian Kurdish community.
Pela Atroshi's murder in Dohuk, in Iraqi Kurdistan, was officially deemed an honour killing by both Iraqi and Swedish authorities.
The Swedish detective inspector who investigated the murder, Kickis Aahre Algamo, said she had since heard of another honour crime with a connection to Australia - this time the attempted killing of an Australian Kurd that went awry when the girl escaped.
She told The Weekend Australian that from 2000 the Swedish authorities were in communication with Australian authorities and the Swedish embassy in Canberra about the 1999 murder of Pela Atroshi.
Breen Atroshi, Pela's younger sister, Inspector Algamo said, was still prepared to testify in any prosecution of her Australian grandfather or uncle. But it is unclear whether Pela's grandfather and uncle still live in Australia. .....
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