Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Things I will never understand

Familial endorsement for murder. A 19-year-old woman from the Israeli-Arab town of Naura in northern Israel was hospitalized in critical condition at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa Tuesday after being shot twice in the head by her own brother. The suspect shot his sister in order to preserve the "family’s honor," and was warmly congratulated by his family for his actions, according to Afula police investigators.

“I just shot my sister,” the youth told MDA medics, who immediately reported the incident to police. His sister, who was shot in the head and repeatedly kicked in all parts of her body, played dead while her brother boasted to the family that he had managed to kill her in order to preserve the family’s honor.
So I suppose if this young woman survives, she will have to go into hiding and will be stalked for the rest of her life. If she lives she is dishonoring her family?

What kind of family is this?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The stupidity of tradition knows no bounds, beit religious or secular.

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ellroon said...

Amen. How terribly sad.