Woman Mutilated for Seeking Divorce
From Times Wire Reports
A Pakistani man cut the nose and lips off his 19-year-old sister-in-law after she went to court for a divorce, police said.
Mohammed Hasan Abbas shot at Amna Abbas and her brother, causing them to fall off a bicycle, as they left court in Punjab province. Abbas attacked the woman, mutilating her face, police said. Abbas fled and the woman was hospitalized.
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