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UK: Marriage Fear Teenager 'Murdered'
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Immigration; Posted on: 2008-01-11 17:25:30 [ Printer friendly / Instant flyer ]
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Shafilea Ahmed's body was found in 2004
'British' Grandmother Convicted of 'Honor Killing'
'Honor' Killings
A teenage girl who feared a marriage was being arranged by her parents was the victim of a "vile murder", a coroner has said.
The decomposed body of Shafilea Ahmed, 17, was found on a riverbank in February 2004, six months after she went missing from her Warrington home.
South Cumbria coroner Ian Smith ruled Shafilea had been unlawfully killed.
Shafilea's parents and five family members were arrested during the police inquiry but no charges were brought.
After the inquest, Supt Geraint Jones, of Cheshire Police, said it "remains a live murder inquiry".
Mr Smith said Shafilea was genuinely afraid, rightly or wrongly, that her parents were planning to arrange her marriage.
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News Source: BBC
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