Oh, my gosh.
Accused Pakistani woman has feet chopped off
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1439752/posts
Her father-in-law chained her up and that night he and the others took her to a river bed on the edge of their village of Mohammadpur and cut off her feet.
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Words fail me.
Thanks to Grizzfan for pointing to this link.
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Pakistani woman has feet chopped off
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL136709.htm ^
Posted on 07/09/2005 10:59:37 AM PDT by velocityguy
"Accused Pakistani woman has feet chopped off" 09 Jul 2005 10:53:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "ISLAMABAD, July 9 (Reuters) - A Pakistani man and some of his relatives chopped off his wife's feet after accusing her of being promiscuous, police said on Saturday.
The woman survived the gruesome attack, the latest in a wave of assaults that have raised international concern about the plight of women in Pakistan, particularly in conservative rural areas.
"It is a shameful act of cruelty against a woman and we are taking it seriously," said Talat Ali, a senior police official in Punjab province. "Those who have carried out this crime will not be spared."
The 32-year-old woman told police her feet were chopped off on June 24 by her husband, her father-in-law, a brother-in-law and two others after they accused her of being "of bad character", a euphemism for promiscuous.
Violence against women is common in rural Pakistan where tribal and feudal customs hold sway.
The latest incident occurred in central Punjab province where the 2002 gang-rape of a woman, Mukhtaran Mai, on the orders of a village council, triggered an international outcry.
President Pervez Musharraf, who is trying to project Pakistan as a moderate and progressive Muslim nation, has condemned violence against women and said his government was committed to ensuring victims got justice."