A 17 year old girl was dragged from her home by eight men in Iraq and stoned to death for thirty minutes until she was dead. The girl was condemned to death by members of her own family and religious leaders for carrying on a relationship with with Sunni Muslim boy, ( she belonged to the Kurdish 'Yezidi').
As the stoning took place, a security force stood by and watched. An Amnesty International spokesman said that they frequently receive reports of honour killings like this one from Iraq, usually carried out by male relatives who feel that a female has somehow shamed the family by erring from their religious doctrines. Retaliatory attacks have already begun, as 23 Kurds were killed by Sunni insurgents last week. The victim's boyfriend is allegedly in hiding following the murder.
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