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LONDON: A Pakistani-origin British couple and their daughter were shot dead in Pakistan in a suspected
honour killing over their son's marriage.
Mohammed Yousaf, 51, his wife Pervaze, 49, and their daughter Tania, 22, from Nelson in Lancashire, were gunned down five armed men as they visited a grave in a cemetery near the village of Jaurah in Gujrat in north-east Pakistan
A fourth person, a woman, was also killed along with one of the assailants - thought to be a relative of the family
- in Gujrat district.
Two of the gunmen were arrested and police were hunting another two suspects in connection with the attack.
The couple and their daughter had been enjoying an extended holiday following the arranged marriage of their son.
"I know the family well. This incident wasn't just murder, it was an honour issue," The Sun quoted Nelson
councillor Mohammed Sakib as saying.
"It was a family dispute that obviously went horribly wrong," Iqbal, who sits on the borough council of Pendle, near to Nelson, said.
"Yousaf's son was married to a girl from Pakistan and there have been some problems with the marriage and that's the dispute that's happened."
He said that two of Yousaf's sons had returned early to Lancashire from Pakistan following the wedding but
had flown back to the country after being told of the deaths, the Telegraph reported.
British officials said they were working with Pakistani police to investigate the incident and Lancashire
Police are providing support to family members in Nelson.
honour killing over their son's marriage.
Mohammed Yousaf, 51, his wife Pervaze, 49, and their daughter Tania, 22, from Nelson in Lancashire, were gunned down five armed men as they visited a grave in a cemetery near the village of Jaurah in Gujrat in north-east Pakistan
A fourth person, a woman, was also killed along with one of the assailants - thought to be a relative of the family
- in Gujrat district.
Two of the gunmen were arrested and police were hunting another two suspects in connection with the attack.
The couple and their daughter had been enjoying an extended holiday following the arranged marriage of their son.
"I know the family well. This incident wasn't just murder, it was an honour issue," The Sun quoted Nelson
councillor Mohammed Sakib as saying.
"It was a family dispute that obviously went horribly wrong," Iqbal, who sits on the borough council of Pendle, near to Nelson, said.
"Yousaf's son was married to a girl from Pakistan and there have been some problems with the marriage and that's the dispute that's happened."
He said that two of Yousaf's sons had returned early to Lancashire from Pakistan following the wedding but
had flown back to the country after being told of the deaths, the Telegraph reported.
British officials said they were working with Pakistani police to investigate the incident and Lancashire
Police are providing support to family members in Nelson.
