Pakistan police say tribal chief among 14 arrested over 'honour killing'

22/7/2025 6:20

Police in southwestern Pakistan have arrested 14 suspects over the so-called honour killing of a couple accused of having an affair, including a local tribal chief who ordered their deaths, officials said on Monday.



The killings in Pakistan's Balochistan province last month came to attention after a video showing the couple being shot went viral on social media.



The man who shot and killed the woman was her brother, acting on behalf of her family and tribe, provincial police chief Moazzam Jah Ansari told Reuters in an update on the case.



The chief of the tribe, Sher Baz Satakzai, had ordered the killing, he said.



The tribal chief was among those detained, provincial chief minister Sarfraz Bugti told a news conference in Quetta, the provincial capital.



"We will make sure that they all will be prosecuted," he said.



It was unclear if the brother was among those detained.