Barely a month after a Pakistani woman was stoned to death
by her family for marrying a man she loved, a teenager survived after she was
shot twice and thrown in a canal by her family for marrying the man she
loved.Saba Maqsood was attacked by her father, uncle, brother and aunt before
she was tossed into the canal.
A police spokesman,Ali Akbar told Reuters
The victim, Saba ... married her neighbour Muhammad Qaiser
for love five days ago against the wishes of her family.They took her to
Hafizabad, shot her twice and threw her in the canal after putting her in a
sack, presuming that she was dead.'Her relatives fled the scene,and after minutes
in the water she regained consciousness and struggled to the bank, where
passers-by helped her. She is a brave girl. She came out of the canal and
approached a nearby fuel station from where a rescue team rushed her to
hospital.
Mr Akbar said he had recorded a statement from Ms Maqsood in
which she blamed her family for the attack...She said
'I was tortured and shot by my father Maqsood Ahmad, brother
Faisal Maqsood, uncle Ashfaq Ahmad and his wife Sajida Bibi.Her condition is
out of danger and we have registered a case against her family on her
complaint.'
Police had raided her father's home in the nearby city of
Gujranwala but all the suspects had disappeared,
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