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.”

Germany: “Western” lifestyle cited as motive for girl’s killing

Also BILD report (in German)

Afghanistan: “Honor-Killing” in Afghanistan: Father Kills His Daughter and Her Lover

(Afghanistan) “Honor-Killing in Afghanistan: Father Kills His Daughter and Her Lover”
— “A father brutally murdered his daughter and a young boy for having love affairs in Samangan province, Northern Afghanistan. He stabbed them many times with a knife.”
— “The girl was named Shakila and was 18 years old and the boy named Ghulam Sakhi was 22. This savage incident took place at 3 in the morning in Haji Umar Village of Aibak city (centre of Samangan).”
— “This year (solar year) 24 cases of violence have been recorded in the Women’s Affair”
— “According to the AIHRC in 2008 more than 2000 cases of violence had been recorded in the country including cases of murder, suicide, self-immolation and rape.”