RIYADH (AFP)--A Saudi women's group on Friday blamed the country's religious police in the "honor" killing of two sisters shot dead by their own brother after they were arrested for mixing with unrelated men.
The Society for Defending Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia said the religious police put the sisters' lives in danger when they arrested them and placed them in a Riyadh women's shelter.
The two women, identified as Reem, 21, and Nouf, 19, were murdered after they left the shelter July 5.
The brother shot them in the presence of their father who, according to newspaper reports, quickly forgave the son because he was defending the family's honor. Read more ...
The Society for Defending Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia said the religious police put the sisters' lives in danger when they arrested them and placed them in a Riyadh women's shelter.
The two women, identified as Reem, 21, and Nouf, 19, were murdered after they left the shelter July 5.
The brother shot them in the presence of their father who, according to newspaper reports, quickly forgave the son because he was defending the family's honor. Read more ...
Source: AFP
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