For over a year now, we have been following the alleged "honor killing" of Saman Abbas, an 18-year-old Pakistani girl in Italy. In 2021, Saman disappeared, and it is believed that she was murdered by members of her own family for refusing an arranged marriage in Pakistan. Her body has never been recovered. Today, Italian media is reporting that Saman's father, Shabbar Abbas, has been arrested by police in Pakistan per an international arrest warrant for the murder of his daughter.
The below article from today's Il Tempo is translated by Fousesquawk.
Pakistan, Shabbat Abbas arrested for murder of his daughter, Saman
16 November 2022
Shabbar Abbas, the father of Saman, was arrested yesterday in Pakistan. Tomorrow in a court hearing in Islamabad, the man will likely be served with a notification of an international arrest warrant for the murder of his 18-year-old daughter, (who) disappeared from Novellara (Reggio Emilio) on 30 April 2021 after having refused an arranged marriage.
After a very long evaluation due to a complicated case without precedent, local authorities have reportedly decided, as far as can be learned, to apply the "red notice", that is, the international arrest request, already in the Interpol system, delegating the authority to the police of Punjab, the region in which the family of Saman comes from. In the case of arrest, negotiations for extradition, already requested by our country, could be opened. So the arrest yesterday is reportedly for the charge of homicide and not for fraud against a co-national, as had initially transpired.
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