- The suspect admits having killed a teenage girl: the police.
- “We have his phone. He is locked,” said the managers.
- Brother-in-law also arrested as part of the murder.
Quetta: A man who had recently brought his family to Pakistan from the United States on Wednesday, he said on the death of his teenage daughter, motivated by his disapproval of his Tiktok content, said the police.
The shooting occurred in a street in Quetta du Baloutchistan on Tuesday. The suspect, Anwar Ul-Haq, initially said that unidentified armed men had shot down and killed his 15-year-old daughter of American origin before confessing crime, said Babar Baloch, police manager.
“Our investigation so far has revealed that the family has objected to their dressing, their lifestyle and their social gathering,” said another police investigator, Zohaib Mohin. “We have his phone. He’s locked,” he said Reuters. “We are planning all aspects, including the murder of honor.”
The family had recently returned to the province of Balutchistan that had lived in the United States for about 25 years, said Baloch.
The suspect has American citizenship, said the officer. He said Haq told him that his daughter had started to create “reprehensible” content on the Tiktok social media platform when she lived in the United States.
He told the police that she had continued to share videos on the platform after returning to Pakistan. Baloch said that the leading brother-in-law had also been arrested as part of the murder.
Police said they had charged Haq from the murder. They did not propose proof of Haq’s American citizenship, with the exception of the testimony of the suspect and refused to say if the United States Embassy had been informed of the incident.
His family refused to respond to a Reuters“Request for comments.
More than 54 million people use Tiktok in Pakistan, a nation of 241 million. The government has blocked the video sharing application several times in recent years on content moderation.
Islamabad often disputes what he calls “obscene content” with the social media platform, which recently began to comply with Pakistan’s requests to delete certain content.
More than 1,000 women are killed each year in Pakistan in the hands of the members of the community or the family concerning damage perceived to “honor”, according to the Independent Human Rights Commission in Pakistan.
This could mean fleeing, publishing content on social networks, fraternizing with men or any other offense against conservative values related to women.