Father kills daughter from Pakistan because of Tikok videos, report the police

Father kills daughter from Pakistan because of Tikok videos, report the police

A man who recently brought his family back from the United States to Pakistan confessed to his 15-year-old daughter on Wednesday. The reason for the crime was displeasure about her content on Tikkok, the Pakistani police reported.

The incident in Quetta

The shootout occurred on Tuesday in a street of the southwestern city of Quetta. The suspect, Anwar Ul-Haq, initially stated that unknown perpetrators shot his daughter, born in the USA before he confessed to the crime, said police officer Babar Baloch.

motif and examinations

"Our previous investigations have shown that the family had objections to their clothes, their lifestyle and social contacts," said another police investigator, Zohaib Mohsin. "We have your cell phone. It is blocked," he added to Reuters. "We check all aspects, including honorary murder."

return to Pakistan

The family recently returned to the province of Belutschistan in the predominantly Muslim Pakistan after lived in the United States for about 25 years, Baloch said. The suspect has the US citizenship. He mentioned that his daughter had already started in the United States to create "offensive" content on the Tikok social platform.

continuing activities on TikTok

He told the authorities that she continued to share videos on the platform after her return to Pakistan. Baloch said that the brother of the main suspect was also arrested in connection with the murder

indictment and reactions

The police stated that he had accused Haq for murder. In addition to the suspect's statement, evidence of Haqs US citizenship was not offered, and they refused to comment on whether the US message had been informed about the incident. His family did not respond to a request from Reuters for comment.

Tiktok in Pakistan

in Pakistan, a country with 241 million inhabitants, use over 54 million people Tikkok. The government has blocked the video sharing app several times in recent years because of the content. Islamabad often criticizes what it calls "obscene content", and the platform has recently started to comply with inquiries from Pakistan after removal of certain content.

honor murders in Pakistan

annually killed over 1,000 women in Pakistan by members of their community or family due to supposed damage to the "concept of honor". This can include eloping relationships, the position of content on social media, friendships with men or other violations of conservative values in relation to women.