Parents arrested for trying to choke 17-yr-old daughter in ‘honour killing’ outside Washington high school
Hindustan TimesA man and woman from Lacey, Washington, were arrested for trying to choke their 17-year-old daughter in an attempted “honour killing.” Ihsan Ali and his wife, Zahraa Ali, attacked the teenager, who has not been identified, outside Timberline High School for refusing an arranged marriage with an older man, according to the police. Image used for representational purposes only Parents arrested for trying to choke teen daughter in ‘honour killing’ The couple has been charged with attempted murder in the shocking incident that occurred outside the Washington school. The teenager said that “her father had recently been threatening her with honor killing for refusing an arranged marriage with an older man in another county,” according to charging documents per the New York Post. Meanwhile, the girl escaped and ran to the school office, yelling, “My dad was trying to kill me.” This prompted a lockdown as the staffers blocked the parents from entering, the documents added.