Photo on a Phone Leads to Shooting

A 27 year old man has reportedly shot his older sister in a so called "honour killing" after he saw a picture of her on a friends mobile phone screen. The shooting occurred in Jordan's second city, Irbid last week. The brother turned himself into the police shortly after the shooting.

"The man told police he shot and killed his sister to cleanse his family's honour because he saw her photo on his friend's mobile," the source told The Jordan Times.

The suspect told interrogators he was sitting with his friends on Sunday evening and started playing with one of their mobiles when he saw his sibling's photo, the source said.

The suspect left immediately and headed home. He reproached his sister about the photo and her alleged "immoral behaviour," according to the source.

This is the 5th person killed in an honour crime in Jordan this year."

Posted to the site on 27th April 2005