British couple murdered in "honor killing"

Gul Wazir, a taxi driver from Birmingham’s Alum Rock and wife Begum were shot dead Salehana, a village known as "Little England" for its high number of migrants to Britain, on Monday last week.

The news of their murders was not reported because of disruption caused by floods in the area

Their son was also wounded in the incident but survived.

The couple had travelled to the village from Britain after their daughter told them she wanted to call off the wedding plans because she didn’t want to marry a man from Pakistan.

"The husband and wife had already promised their daughter to a man. When that arrangement ended he was not happy," a friend of the family said.

“Gul and his wife went to Pakistan to try to sort it out, but this man went crazy and shot them for breaking off the engagement. This is a tragedy. They were honest, decent people."

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