Posted on 10/11/2007 9:33:33 AM PDT by nmh
Austrian Man Shoots Colleague, Slices off Penis in 'Honor Killing'
VIENNA, Austria — Austrian authorities said Thursday they arrested an elderly Turkish-born man suspected of fatally shooting a younger Turkish associate and slicing off the victim's penis in what investigators called an "honor killing."
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Officials said witnesses claimed the man allegedly shot the victim, a 58-year-old Turkish-born man, in the street with a shotgun at point-blank range and then cut off his penis with a knife, leaving him to bleed to death.
Two teams of surgeons worked at the scene to save the man but were unable to revive him, authorities said.
Investigators believe the suspect apparently was jealous that the younger man had flirted with his wife, and had sought him out as "a question of honor," said Franz Polzer, head of the region's criminal investigations office.
Honor killings, driven by the view that a family's honor is paramount, are an ancient tradition associated with Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iraq and Iran as well as tribal areas in Pakistan and some Arab societies.
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As Bonner explains: “Human beings are neither good nor bad, they’re merely subject to influence.”
Perhaps he didn’t know she was married.
Other than that I can’t think of a reason and still say, slicing off his penis and shotting him because of flirting is over the top! A little man to man talk about laying off his wife should have ended the problem. Surely you’re not suggesting that what he did to this guy is acceptable?
“This is totally disgusting and inhumane.”
This is totally islamic.
[cue Jim Croce-”The Ballad of Leroy Brown”]
“Algerian, I believe.”
From the Algerian Revolution against France from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. I’ve read several books on the event. Another favorite past-time was beheading a man and a dog, and sewing the one’s head on the other, and vice versa.
Are you serious?
What was the grisly point of that?
A usual practice by the ROP is to cut off the genitalia, place it in the mouth of the victim and then sew the lips shut around it. Not to mention cutting out tongues, eyes, and chopping off fingers. But we all pray to the same God so we need to understand their angst.
Islam has nothing to do with the question I asked..
W
Yeah, he was talking about him and the Koranimals having the same god. Allah! LOL The God of the Jews and the Christians is Jehovah! KNOWING that really makes you wonder if he is really is a Christian, or just a CINO!
According to the Bible, we are supposed to be able to know a tree by its fruit. ;0)
When Islam takes over the West adultery will certainly be reduced.
The headline was misleading. When I read Austrian honor-killing I assumed the story would be about somebody who got a bad cup of coffee or some stale chocolate in a cafe.
“When Islam takes over the West adultery will certainly be reduced.”
Maybe or only allow themselves to indulge?
It seems Islam has mutliple standards and it all depends on WHO the person is - if they are punished or winked at.
Yes, exactly! Bush's fruit has grown pretty rotten! I wonder if we can survive the remainder of his term. His applying pressure to Israel to give up "land for peace" puts our nation in peril. God warns of that in the Bible too.
“Perhaps he didn’t know she was married.”
That is why society has many symbols to designate a married women from a single women..
The issue of showing disrespect for the institution of Marriage is real. It is in society’s best interest to defend the institution of marriage. It should be understood that if a person knowingly engages in pre courtship behavior with the married spouse of another bad things will happen to the person engaged in the misconduct and no one will much care. In fact some may applaud.
W
a challenege to a duel would have been more manly
or maybe a bitch slap....
but to cut off another man’s tallywacker you must grasp it.
not I
Me neither!
I find it disturbing that anyone could justify this.
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