Canadian jury finds Afghan family guilty in 'honor' killing
Posted: January 29, 2012 at 2:55 p.m.
KINGSTON, Ontario — A jury has found three members of an Afghan family from Montreal guilty of killing four female relatives in a so-called “honor” killing.
The jury on Sunday found Mohammad Shafia, his wife Tooba Yahya and their son Hamid guilty of killing Shafia’s three teenage daughters and his other wife in a polygamous relationship.
Their bodies were found in June 2009 in a car submerged in a canal in Kingston, Ontario, where the family had stopped for the night on their way home from Niagara Falls.
Prosecutors said the daughters were killed because they dishonored the family by defying rules on dress, dating, socializing and going online.
The defense said the car accidentally plunged into the canal after one of the daughters went on a joy ride.
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