Afghan brothers jailed for life for killing sister in Germany

KABUL (Pajhwok): A court in Germany has sentenced two Afghan brothers to lifetime imprisonment over killing their sister because they didn’t agree with her ‘modern’ lifestyle, according to a media report on Friday.

The Berlin regional court found the men, aged 28 and 24, guilty of murder for killing the mother of two in July 2021, The Washington Post reported.

The 34-year-old victim identified as Maryam was found in a suitcase buried near where the older brother lived in Bavaria.

Judges sentenced the men to life imprisonment. Announcing the verdict, presiding judge Thomas Gross said the men had sought to deny their sister the right to choose her own life and viewed her as “inferior” because she was a woman, German news agency dpa reported.

The victim, who was divorced, had tried to start a new relationship that her brothers disagreed with, the report added.

During the trial the older brother, Sayed Yousuf, had claimed his sister Maryam’s death was an accident and his younger brother hadn’t been involved.

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