Sadia Sheikh | |
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| Born | |
| Died | 22 October 2007 Charleroi, Belgium |
| Resting place | Pakistan |
| Education | Haute Ecole provinciale de Charleroi (HEPCUT), Athénée Royal Vauban |
| Occupation | (at time of death) Student at HEPCUT |
| Known for | Being the victim of an honour killing in Charleroi |
The honour killing of Sadia Sheikh occurred on 22 October 2007, when a 20-year-old Belgian woman of Pakistani heritage was fatally shot by her brother, an act of sororicide. The murder occurred in Lodelinsart, Charleroi.[1] Sheikh had left her family home after her parents pressured her to marry a cousin whom she had never met, later moving in with a Belgian man, but had visited to try to make peace. Her brother, Mudusar Sheikh, confessed to the murder in a 2011 trial, claiming that he had acted alone, but a jury pronounced all four members of the family guilty of the murder and sentenced each to prison. The case has been called Belgium's first honour killing trial.
- ^ "Affaire Sadia Sheikh : le portrait des accusés et de Sadia". RTBF (in French). 2011-11-25. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
[...]frère Mudusar le 22 octobre 2007 à Lodelinsart près de Charleroi.