Another honor killing merely on Suspicious Behavior

Amman-a Jordanian 21 year old man killed his own sister which he claims is "honor killing" because she was using her cell phone quite often which made him suspicious and he decided to kill his married sister who was 40 years old.

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'The man confessed to the crime after he was arrested shortly after the crime,' the official told AFP.

He said 'he stabbed his sister, who was in her 40s, in the stomach, back and chest because she frequently talked over her mobile phone and allegedly had suspicious behavior,' said the official, on condition of anonymity.

He is facing murder charges, premeditated, which can be reduced as family family dropped all legal claims against him, the official said. He said the 2007 killing took place in Jabal Akhdar, near the center of Amman.

Between 15 and 20 women are murdered each year in Jordan in so-called honor crimes, in which male relatives kill female kin they suspect of illicit behavior with men.