NARANG MANDI, Pakistan — Islamist groups are threatening the family and attorney of a young Christian man shot to death by Muslim in-laws who also wounded his wife over her decision to marry him and leave Islam, according to attorney Aneeqa Maria of The Voice Society, a human rights agency in Pakistan.
Aleem Masih, 28, married Nadia, 23, in 2014 after she accepted Christ and the couple fled to Narang Mandi, about 40 miles away from Lahore, after receiving threats from Nadia’s family, Maria said.
On July 30 eyewitnesses said Nadia’s father and brothers abducted the couple. The men beat the couple and shot Masih three times and Nadia twice. Masih died from his wounds, but Nadia was taken to a nearby hospital. Her brothers and father confessed to the crimes, but at press time they had not been taken into custody although a case was registered against them.
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