According to police, investigators said the father killed his 16-year-old daughter "for honor" and the victim's family initially tried to portray the murder as a suicide.

Pakistan police on Friday said a father shot dead his daughter after she refused to delete her account on popular video-sharing app TikTok.

In the Muslim-majority country, women can be subjected to violence by family members for not following strict rules on how to behave in public, including in online spaces.

“The girl’s father had asked her to delete her TikTok account. On refusal, he killed her,” a police spokesperson told AFP.

According to a police report shared with AFP, investigators said the father killed his 16-year-old daughter on Tuesday “for honor.” He was subsequently arrested.

    • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      20 hours ago

      Well in this case it would have been a 16 year old girl against an adult man with a gun.

      Not the best chances for self defense.

      • ijedi1234@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        15 hours ago

        Some chance is better than none. If a dude was pointing a gun at me, fully intending to blow my head off, I’d fight him with my bare fists if I had to.

        Oh, and adrenaline is a powerful thing. Eye and throat are excellent targets in a fight to the death, and any weapon you can get your hands on is allowed.