Tears As Father Kills Teenage Daughter Over TikTok Videos
In a tragic incident, a father in Pakistan has reportedly killed his teenage daughter over what he deemed inappropriate videos uploaded to the popular social media platform, TikTok.
According to Babar Baloch, the local police chief, the man, believed to be in his 50s, had recently relocated his family from the United States to Quetta, a city in southwestern Pakistan.
The father allegedly viewed the teenager’s social media activity as dishonorable, leading to the fatal confrontation.
Authorities have launched an investigation into the incident, which has sparked outrage and raised concerns about social media’s impact on conservative communities.
The father, now in custody, confessed to having shot his daughter earlier this week after she refused to be dressing more modestly and stop uploading what the family considered to be “indecent” videos on TikTok, Baloch said.
Police are treating the incident as a case of so-called honour killing.
Around 1,000 women are killed in Pakistan by close relatives, fathers, brothers and sons on the pretext of saving family honour, according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP).
The killers in most cases escape punishment because of a controversial Islamic clause in laws that allows relatives of the victim to pardon the perpetrator, rights body Amnesty International said.
Pakistan approved a law in 2016 to partially do away with the controversial clause, but that has not proved enough to stop the practice, according to the HRCP.
(dpa/NAN)
