Last Wednesday, a Pakistani woman was shot dead by her brother in the middle of a courtroom in the city of Hyderabad. The murder took place during court proceedings after the victim married a man her family disapproved of, sparking rage and pushing them to file a complaint against the married couple.
The Guardian reports that the young woman, 22-year-old Raheela Sehto, married a young university graduate named Zulfiqar Sehto, fomenting rage throughout her family. The case was brought to court as a kidnapping in the family's attempt to reclaim their daughter. Raheela was shot by her brother, Javed Iqbal Shaikh, in the middle of the courtroom. He took matters into his own hands after a short break in court proceedings last week, shooting her in the left side of her head and killing her almost instantaneously.
The August murder took place after an earlier attempt made by Raheela's uncle to strangle her in court in July with a scarf. Javed Iqbal Shaikh appeared not to feel any remorse about his actions telling journalists, "I did that in rage because she had dishonored the family."
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