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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. | 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. | 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, though neither have been detained. | However, Ms Shahid's father Mohammad and a cousin known as Mobeen have both been interviewed by officers, though neither have been detained. |
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| Her first husband Choudhry Shakeel, who was previously reported to be on the run, is in Pakistan on pre-arrest bail order, which means police know his whereabouts, but cannot arrest, or demand to interview him, until the order expires on Saturday. | |
| Pakistani daily The News revealed the forensic report, released earlier, confirmed Ms Shahid had been murdered and her death had not been from natural causes. | Pakistani daily The News revealed the forensic report, released earlier, confirmed Ms Shahid had been murdered and her death had not been from natural causes. |
| The paper said the report stated clearly her death was caused by suffocation, having been physically stopped from breathing. | The paper said the report stated clearly her death was caused by suffocation, having been physically stopped from breathing. |
| The report was handed to the chief minister's investigating committee, it said. | The report was handed to the chief minister's investigating committee, it said. |
| Ms Shahid's family had initially claimed she had died of a heart attack. | Ms Shahid's family had initially claimed she had died of a heart attack. |
| 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. |