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Teenagers buried alive in Pakistan 'honour killing'
September 9th, 2008 | By irishtimes.com Source
THREE TEENAGE girls have been buried alive by their family in a remote part of Pakistan to punish them for attempting to choose their own husbands, in an "honour" killing case.
After news of the deaths emerged, male politicians from their province Balochistan defended the killings in parliament, claiming the practice was part of "our tribal custom".
Source Link: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2008/0901/1220180158986.html
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