WORLD BRIEFING / JORDAN
A Jordanian man confessed to stabbing to death his pregnant sister and mutilating her body, saying it was to protect his family’s honor, officials said.
Prosecutor Mohammed Tarawneh said the man turned himself in and has been charged with murder.
The 28-year-old woman, who was married and five months pregnant, was stabbed repeatedly in the face, neck, abdomen and back as well as being hacked up with a meat cleaver, according to government pathologist Awad Tarawneh.
Police familiar with the case said the woman had moved back in with her family after an argument with her husband six months earlier. The brother believed that she had then started seeing other men.
The names of those involved have not been released.
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