MULTAN: Popular social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch has been killed
Qandeel Baloch strangled to death by brother in suspected honour killing
Qandeel's brother had been threatening her to stop posting photos and videos on Facebook, police added. Her brother fled after killing Qandeel, whose real name is Fauzia Azeem
“Qandeel was killed by her brother over honour in Green Town area,” the area’s Regional Police Officer Sultan Azam told The Express Tribune. “It appears that she was strangled to death.”
The 25-year-old social media starlet’s parents, who have been taken into custody, confirmed she was strangled to death last night.
“Wasim, 30, killed her last night following an argument,” her parents said. He was arrested by Multan police Saturday night.
Late Saturday evening, Multan police managed to arrest Waseem, who confessed of killing his sister Qandeel Baloch
Qandeel’s father Azeem said his daughter was brave and he would not forget or forgive her brutal murder.
Qandeel was in Multan to visit her parents as her father had been unwell, and spent Eid with her family. Her mother gave a statement to police.
Her brother, who was identified by the police as Waseem, went to meet her at night. When Qandeel was asleep at night, he strangled her.
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Regarding security measures, the CPO said police had not received a written request from the model to provide her security.
Meanwhile, Mufti Abdul Qawi, a former member of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, has been nominated in an FIR regarding Qandeel’s murder.
“I know I will not be provided security and I am not feeling secured here so have decided to move abroad with my parents after Eidul Fitr,” Qandeel had told The Express Tribune.
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