கௌரவம் போய்விட்டதென்று சொந்த மகளை கொன்ற தந்தை

கௌரவம் போய்விட்டதென்று சொந்த மகளை கொன்ற தந்தை

Jordan man jailed for 6 months in daughter's honor killing
The Associated PressPublished: April 30, 2008

AMMAN, Jordan: A Jordanian court has sentenced a man to six months in jail after convicting him of the honor killing of his 16-year-old daughter.

The court ruled Wednesday that the man killed his married daughter because she had an affair out of the wedlock. The enraged father severely beat her with a baton and ultimately electrocuted her in November 2006.

Neither the father nor daughter were identified.

Like other tribal-oriented societies, many Jordanians consider sex out of the wedlock an indelible stain on the family's honor that can only be cleansed by blood.

An average of 20 women are killed by male relatives in Jordan each year. So far, four were killed this year.