Man kills sister over choice of husband

A man attacked his newly wed sister with a dagger and brutally killed her for choosing a husband without seeking the family's consent, police in eastern Pakistan said yesterday.

The 20-year-old woman's brother has been arrested and could face the death penalty if he is convicted of murder, officers said. "

It was a horrible crime. He cut parts off his sister after killing her with a dagger," local police official Rana Iftikhar said.