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Canada: A 16-year-old girl has been murdered, allegedly because she refused to wear the hijab. The main suspect is the girl's father.
Peel Regional Police arrested a 57-year-old man yesterday morning after receiving a 911 call from a suburban home in Mississauga from a man saying he had killed his daughter. When police and paramedics arrived at the house they found a 16-year-old lying on the floor without any vital signs, police said.
Aqsa Parvez had been choked. Male members of her family had threatened her with violence in the past.
Friends of the teenager, a Grade 11 student at nearby Applewood Heights high school, identified her as Aqsa Parvez and said they were shocked by the attack on the outgoing, likeable girl, but said she had been threatened by her strictly religious family before.
She got threatened by her father and her brother,said Dominiquia Holmes-Thompson, who had known Aqsa since they both started high school together.He said that if she leaves, he would kill her.
Teen girl in critical condition after alleged dispute over hijab—National Post, 11th December 2007; Girl has died, Peel police confirm—National Post, 11th December 2007.
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