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April 26, 2006
Sweden: Muslim Honor Killing - Killer Gets Only Four Years
A report from Sweden's The Local reports that an 18-year old, whom we shall call X, has been given four years' jail for killing a 20-year old Afghani in an "honor-killing". When he finishes his sentence, he will be deported from Sweden and banned from ever entering the nation again.
The short sentence is due to the fact hat he was 17 when he killed Abbas Rezai in Hoegsby, Smaland last year. The victim was killed in a brutal fashion - he had been beaten with an iron bar and a baseball bat, and doused in hot oil, and stabbed 23 times with a 29 centimetre blade.
The prosecutor, Kjell Yngvesson, claimed in the trial that X's parents and other members of the family had collaborated in the killing. X's mother and father were on trial as well, and Yngvesson asked for them to be given life sentences. It was stated that Abbas Rezai was murdered because he had been going out with the 16 year old sister of X.
Helena Karlsson, X's lawyer, claimed a fight had broken out, and that Abbas Rezai was killed as a consequence of this altercation. She said X had arrived in Sweden when he was 15 and said she was not pleased by the deportation order, saying "he has family here."
The mother of Abbas Rezai was awarded 113,000 Kroner ($15,000 US) compensation. It appears that the mother and father of X were acquitted.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at April 26, 2006 2:13 PM
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