'Honour Killing' Victim Shafilea Ahmed Remembered In Devastating Picture Reenacting Her Murder (Warning! Some may find picture upsetting)

This disturbing photo is a chilling reminder of a teenager who was murdered by her own parents in front of her brother and sister, in a so-called 'honour' killing.
Shafilea Ahmed was just 17 when she was killed by her mother and father, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, for living a Western lifestyle and refusing to marry the man from Pakistan who they tried to force her to wed.
Shafilea's parents believed she would bring shame on the family. Her father suffocated her in front of her siblings with a plastic bag. Her parents wrapped her in bin bags, and dumped her body in a lake.
Today would have been Shafilea's 29th birthday. To mark her loss, it has been named as the first ever 'Day of Memory' for UK victims of 'honour' violence, which leaves young women 'isolated and forgotten' according to the charity Karma Nirvana, which supports the victims of forced marriage.





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