(Germany) Afghan man held over murder ‘in the name of the Koran’
— “Munich police are questioning a 27-year-old Afghan man suspected of stabbing his former wife to death ‘in the name of the Koran,’ police sources said Tuesday. A Munich police spokesman said the 24-old Afghan woman Nesima R., whose full name was withheld for legal reasons, had been stabbed some 20 times, and that the suspect had given the Koran as a justification for the attack.”
— “The woman received stab wounds to the heart and died Monday in hospital. ”
— “The spokesman said police were investigating the ‘very complex kinship relations’ surrounding the case, and suspected it to be a so-called ‘honour killing.'”
— “In February, an Afghan man was sentenced to life in prison in the northern city of Hamburg for killing his sister in what prosecutors said was an honour killing.”
— “Terre Des Femmes, a women’s rights group, estimates that some 50 women have been killed in Germany in the past 10 years for reasons of supposed honour.”