Police in Pakistan have arrested 14 people after a video went viral showing the so-called honour killing of a couple accused of having an affair.
More than a dozen men can be seen surrounding several vehicles in a desert in Balochistan in the footage.
A woman, her head wrapped in a shawl, can be seen slowly walking in front of one of the vehicles as a man follows her, watched by the group.
According to local news outlets, she can be heard saying: “You are only allowed to fire at me. Nothing more than that”.
A man raises a gun and shoots her three times at close range. She collapses after the third shot, the video shows.
More gunshots follow. The footage then shows a bloodied man lying on the ground close to the woman’s body.
Men are then shown shooting at both of the bodies.
The timing and location of the incident have not yet been reported, while the identities of the murdered man and woman have not been confirmed. Sky News has not been able to verify where the video was taken.
The video sparked outrage and demands for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.
The man and woman had been accused of having an affair out of wedlock, provincial chief minister Sarfraz Bugti told a news conference
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Authorities had initially said they were killed for marrying against the wishes of their families.
“No one has a right, no matter what, to kill someone in such a painful and disgusting way, and then video shoot it,” Mr Bugti said. “It is a crime. It is a murder.”
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said there were at least 405 “honour” killings in 2024. Most of the victims were women.
