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Two parents in Washington allegedly tried to choke their 17-year-old daughter to death in an apparent “honor killing” attempt after she refused an arranged marriage with an older man, police said.
Ihsan Ali and his wife, Zahraa Ali, have been charged with attempted murder for the attack outside the teen’s school, Timberline High School in Lacey, Washington.
The father also allegedly punched his daughter’s boyfriend in the face outside the school, the New York Post reports.
The daughter has not been identified, but told police that her “father had recently been threatening her with honor killing for refusing an arranged marriage with an older man in another country,” the police report said.
On October 18, the girl ran away from home and sought help from staff at her high school. Her parents followed her to the school and allegedly attacked her outside the facility, where her father began choking her “to the point where she had lost consciousness.”
Other students, including the girl’s boyfriend, tried to pry her father off of her, according to police.
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