Pakistani Internet Star and Model Murdered by Her Brother in Honor Killing

Qandeel Baloch, Facebook and YouTube star who spoke out against women’s rights in the Muslim community, is dead. Authorities have confirmed that is was murder at her brother’s own hand, and the suspected motive is that the act was seen as an honor killing.

According to MSN:

“Baloch, believed to be in her twenties, had travelled with her family from the city of Karachi to Muzzafarabad village in central Punjab province for the recent Eid holiday.

Police were informed by her family that the killing took place on Friday night.

“The brother was also there last night and the family told us that he strangled her to death,” Azhar Akram, another senior police official in Multan told AFP, confirming that officials suspected an honour killing.

Police said the brother was now on the run.

Hundreds of women are murdered, often by relatives, for “honour” every year in Pakistan.

The killers often walk free because of a law that allows relatives of the victim to forgive the murderer.”

R.I.P., Qandeel Baloch.