Germany: Turk stabs teen daughter in ‘honour killing’ – because daughter “did not want to follow the Muslim way”
Turk stabs teen daughter in ‘honour killing’
– “A 45-year-old Turkish man has admitted stabbing his 15-year-old daughter to death because she did not follow Islamic customs, German police said on Thursday.”
– “The man, a kebab shop owner in Schweinfurt, southern Germany, stabbed the teen several times with a kitchen knife as she lay sleeping on her grandmother’s couch in what police said was a premeditated act.”
– “‘As a motive for the terrible crime, the 45-year-old admitted that he had problems with the fact that his daughter did not want to follow the Muslim way,’ police said in a statement.”
– “‘He seemed visibly unaffected by the crime,’ the statement added.”
– “Germany has been shocked by around 50 ‘honour killings’ since 1996, mainly in the country’s large Turkish community.”
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