Arizona Man Convicted in Honor Killing
The BBC reports:
An Iraqi immigrant to the US has been convicted in Arizona of the second degree murder of his daughter, in what prosecutors said was an honour killing.
Faleh Hassan Almaleki, 50, ran over 20-year-old Noor and Amal Khalaf, the mother of her boyfriend, in a car park in a suburb of Phoenix in October 2009.
He was also found guilty of the aggravated assault of Mrs Khalaf and leaving the scene of a crime.
Prosecutors said Almaleki had claimed his daughter had shamed his family.
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