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The ex-husband of a British beautician who was forced to marry him has allegedly confessed to throttling her with a scarf, police sources in Pakistan said today.
Samia
Shahid, 28, from Bradford, suffered a 7.5ins gash to her neck in her
ancestral Punjab village, but her family insisted she died of a heart
attack last month.
Her
first husband from an arranged marriage, cousin Mohammed Shakil, has
been arrested on suspicion of murder and has now allegedly admitted he
strangled her, the BBC has said.
Ms
Shahid's father Mohammad Shahid, is now being held as an accessory to
murder. Both men appeared in court in Pakistan on Saturday.
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Suspect: Samia is pictured at her first wedding to cousin Mohammed Shakeel - who has now allegedly confessed to her murder
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Suspect: Samia is pictured at her first wedding to cousin Mohammed Shakeel - who has now allegedly confessed to her murder
Shocking:
Samia Shahid's dead body (left) shows a 7.5 inch red mark on her neck,
and police say she was murdered while visiting her family in Pakistan
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Shocking: Samia Shahid's dead body (left) shows a 7.5 inch red mark on
her neck, and police say she was murdered while visiting her family in
Pakistan
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Ms Shahid was allegedly hunted by her family since 2014 after she ran away from the cousin she had been forced to marry.
Heartbreak: Samia with her second husband Syed Mukhtar Kazam, who were forced into hiding because of threats in 2014
Her second husband Syed Mukhtar Kazam believes she was killed because of her marriage to him in an 'honour killing'.
He says she was lured to Pakistan by false claims her father was ill and murdered in her bed.
Her family said she died of a heart attack or a severe asthma attack and had her buried.
Abu
Bakar Khuda Bux, the investigator heading the team, said today the
woman's father, Mohammad Shahid, and her former husband, Mohammad
Shakeel, were prime suspects in the case.
The two were formally arrested over the weekend, although the police have been questioning them for several days, Bux said.
'All
the evidence we have is leading to their involvement in the murder,' he
said. 'We are collecting more evidence before we sent the case to
court.'
According to two
police officers, the ex-husband has confessed to the killing and has
described to his interrogators how he used his ex-wife's scarf to
strangle her.
The
officers, who are involved in the probe, spoke on condition of anonymity
because they were not authorized to discuss the details with the media
before the case goes to court.
Bux declined to comment on the purported confessions, saying the investigation is not yet finished.
Arrested:
Ms Shahid's father Mohammed, whom Samia had been visiting in Pakistan,
has been arrested by detectives investigating the 28-year-old beauty
therapist's death
Grief:
Syed Mukhtar Kazam, pictured, said he wanted to release the shocking
photograph to prove that she had been strangled and was the victim of an
honour killing. He married Samia in Leeds in 2014
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Heartbreak: Samia with her second husband
Syed Mukhtar Kazam, who were forced into
hiding because of threats in 2014
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The beautician, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, also has saliva and blood oozing from her mouth and nostrils.
Mr
Kazam, 30, told MailOnline: 'I am releasing this picture of my wife's
dead body because I want the world to know that she didn't die of
natural causes. She was murdered.
'The police told the media and everybody here that the body did not have any visible marks on it.
'Well,
this proves that it did. What sort of heart attack leaves a bruise like
that? It is obviously murder. Her family killed her because they
weren't happy that she had married me.'
Police said the latest forensic report had confirmed Shahid did not die of natural causes.
Initially police had said there was no sign of foul play and allowed her to be buried in a Punjabi graveyard.
The
post mortem report said Ms Shahid suffered 'marks of violence' in the
form of a 'reddish brown bruise' around her throat and was found dead
with 'froth coming from her mouth'.
Samia
was forced into hiding with second husband Syed Mukhtar Kazam - who
insists she was murdered by her family because they disapproved of their
union.
Islamic scholar
Syed Sibtain Kazmi says he recorded threats from Samia's family as he
refused to say where they were - and then gave them to the police.
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Arrested: Ms Shahid's father Mohammed, whom Samia had been visiting in
Pakistan, has been arrested by detectives investigating the 28-year-old
beauty therapist's death
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Grief: Syed Mukhtar Kazam, pictured, said he wanted to release the
shocking photograph to prove that she had been strangled and was the
victim of an honour killing. He married Samia in Leeds in 2014
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Marriage:
Samia's second husband Syed Mukhtar Kazam claims she was killed by her
family because they refused to accept their marriage. He said he was
made to feel like an outsider
Grave:
Samia's relatives reportedly said she died from a heart or asthma
attack and buried her in the village (pictured). But her local MP wants
her body exhumed if necessary
He
first met the murder victim when she came to the Anjuman-e-Haideria
Shia mosque in Bradford for advice about to how to divorce Mohammed
Shakeel.
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Marriage: Samia's second husband Syed Mukhtar Kazam claims she was
killed by her family because they refused to accept their marriage. He
said he was made to feel like an outsider
He told the BBC:
'She told me under oath that her first marriage was a forced marriage,
which happened without her free will as she was pressurised into the
marriage by her family'.
Mr
Kazmi said that when relatives found out he would help dissolve her
first marriage and help with a second they said they would harm him, he
claims.
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| Grave: Samia's relatives reportedly said she died from a heart or asthma attack and buried her in the village (pictured). But her local MP wants her body exhumed if necessar |
He was allegedly
told by one relative: 'Our daughter is missing from home and you know
where she is. The issue will be resolved but you will have to pay a high
price for your role'.
He said: 'I recorded all these threats and handed them over to police without any delay'.
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