Article 53K0F Pakistan: teenage girls shot dead by relatives over online footage

Pakistan: teenage girls shot dead by relatives over online footage

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Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
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Father of one victim and brother of the other arrested in connection with the murders

Two female teenagers in Pakistan have been murdered by family members after a video emerged online of them associating with a man.

The pair, said to be aged 16 and 18, were shot dead by male relatives in their remote village in Pakistan's North Waziristan province this week after footage was posted online of them in the company of a young man in a secluded area.

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