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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

German court orders retrial of 2 brothers in 'honor killing' case

"German court orders retrial of 2 brothers in 'honor killing' case
AP 2007-08-28 16:54:58 - LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) - A German federal court on Tuesday ordered a retrial for two brothers acquitted of fatally shooting their sister in what prosecutors have described as an «honor killing» meant to punish the Turkish-German woman for her Western lifestyle. A Berlin court last year acquitted the two _ Mutlu Surucu and Alpaslan Surucu, both in their mid-20s _ of murder, citing lack of sufficient evidence of their involvement in the 2005 killing of Hatan Surucu, 23."

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