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| Samia Shahid death: 'Honour killing' victim strangled, police say | Samia Shahid death: 'Honour killing' victim strangled, police say |
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| A woman who was the victim of a so-called honour killing in Pakistan, according to her husband, had been strangled, police say. | A woman who was the victim of a so-called honour killing in Pakistan, according to her husband, had been strangled, police say. |
| Samia Shahid, 28, from Bradford, died last month in Northern Punjab. | Samia Shahid, 28, from Bradford, died last month in Northern Punjab. |
| Deputy Inspector General Abu Bakr Khuda Bux revealed to the BBC how she died, following the launch of a murder inquiry based on information they got from her husband, Syed Mukhtar Kazam. | |
| No arrests have been made in the case, he confirmed. | |
| However, Ms Shahid's father Mohammad and a cousin known as Mobeen have both been interviewed by officers, but neither have been detained. | |
| The authorities previously said they want to speak to her first husband Choudhry Shakeel, who has gone on the run. | |
| Syed Mukhtar Kazam believes his wife, who had gone to Pakistan to visit relatives, was killed because her family disapproved of their marriage. | Syed Mukhtar Kazam believes his wife, who had gone to Pakistan to visit relatives, was killed because her family disapproved of their marriage. |
| He said that before she left, her family had threatened her life. | He said that before she left, her family had threatened her life. |