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Pakistani's relatives cleared of 'honour killing'

Sana Cheema, 25, strangled after refusing arranged marriage

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - Islamabad, February 15 - A Pakistani court on Friday acquitted the father, uncle and brother of a Pakistani-Italian woman from Brescia who was killed after refusing an arranged marriage.
    The relatives of 25-year-old Sana Cheema were cleared of the 'honour killing' because of a "lack of clear proof", the court in Pakistan said.
    Cheema's family claimed she had died of natural causes but an autopsy said she had been strangled to death.
   

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