Murder of Shafilea Ahmed
Suspected honour killing of a 17-year-old British Pakistani girl in 2003 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shafilea Iftikhar Ahmed (Punjabi and Urdu: شفیلیہ افتخار احمد; 14 July 1986 – 11 September 2003) was a British-Pakistani girl who was murdered by her parents in a suspected honour killing at the age of 17, due to her refusal to accept an arranged marriage.
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Shafilea Ahmed | |
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Born | Shafilea Iftikhar Ahmed (1986-07-14)14 July 1986 Bradford, West Yorkshire, England |
Died | 11 September 2003(2003-09-11) (aged 17) Warrington, Cheshire, England |
Cause of death | Homicide by suffocation |
Body discovered | February 2004 Sedgwick, Cumbria, England |
Resting place | Fox Covert Cemetery, Warrington |
Known for | Honour killing victim |
Ahmed's parents were each imprisoned for a minimum of 25 years for her murder in August 2012. The possibility of other individuals having helped her parents to dispose of their daughter's body has been raised; after the parents' trial, the chief executive of the Bradford Council for Mosques encouraged anybody with information about the case to come forward with information to assist police.[1]