SWAT: Police on Wednesday claimed that a couple had been stoned to death for “honour” in Shamozo area of Barikot tehsil.
According to police, a man and a married woman had been killed by Saleem Khan and Rahim Zada for planning to getting married after eloping. “Both planned to get married and attempted to elope on Tuesday afternoon in a vehicle when the woman’s relatives thwarted the attempt,” officials said.
Police said the man had succumbed to his injuries before police arrived on the spot while the woman died later at hospital.
A case had been registered after the incident transpired and a hunt had been launched to take the culprits in custody.
According to police officials, Khan and Zada had been arrested. The official said the Zada was the father of the deceased woman. He said she was Saleem’s sister-in-law. The official said both the men appeared to have attacked the couple for “honour.”
