Commotion in the Pakistani community of Terrassa: "It is a savagery that hides behind Islam"

• Family events of the young women from Terrassa confirm that they were murdered after laying a "trap" for them to travel to Pakistan

• Pakistan They investigate as an "honor crime" the murder of two Pakistani-Spanish sisters by their family

Arooj

and

, aged 24 and 20, would never have expected such an ending when they were tricked into traveling from

to Pakistan.

In the village of

province

, they were allegedly murdered by a group of relatives who, according to initial investigations, considered it an offense that they tried to renounce arranged marriages with their cousins, who wanted to come with them to

.

In addition to the husbands (

and

), her two in-laws and two of her uncles ,

, brother of the victims, is also directly implicated in the crime.

He is suspected of being the main executioner.

Shehryar helped his father,

, in his work chores in the Catalan town, where he boiled yesterday the criminal act against Arooj and Anisa.

Until reaching the

from the Ferrocarriles de Terrassa Nacions Unides stop, it is inevitable to pass through a small soccer field.

It is a court that

and

eight years ago.

It should favor the integration of young people at risk of social exclusion in this working-class neighborhood.

The track is flirty.

It has artificial grass.

And it's empty.

On the wall, a graffiti: "We want childhood to live in a world of justice and we will win, because love inspires us."

"Here we kids are for other things," completes a teenager who watches life go by in the nearby park.

And he lends himself, along with two other boys, to guide the journalist through some streets that were destroyed in the floods of 1962, the greatest hydrological catastrophe in the history of Spain.

The neighborhood grew later without order, but with the Rambla as the neuralgic, commercial and social center.

Before reaching his destination, who writes, with a

plated in a small fast food restaurant, ask the cook.

Laconic answer: “We are Turks from

.

We don't want to hear from the Pakistanis."

The teenagers soon reach the establishment where Ghulam, father of the murdered women, works every afternoon.

It

- the owner is

, who has gone home at noon tired of dealing with journalists.

Without Ghulam, who has been testifying at the Mossos police station, he is replaced by a young clerk who waits behind the counter.

Sure, he sells loaves of bread.

But also sweets.

Preserves.

Refreshments.

Bleach.

Anything.

It is believed that his brother Shehryar, who also lives in Catalonia, was the main executioner

Let this dependent be

.

He prefers that his name not be published, but what he thinks about this "honor killing" that has shaken the Pakistani community.

The family lives a few meters from the store, although Arooj and Anisa had tried to find a life on their own with new partners.

Far from family control, especially, according to research sources, his brother Shehryar.

R.'s family is also from Pakistan, although he was born in

.

A year later he emigrated with his family to the

neighborhood of

, from where he goes to Terrassa to cover the absence of the young women's father.

“Yes, I knew Shehryar, one of the brothers.

He was a sporty boy, he went to the gym and played volleyball.

He didn't drink, smoke, or take drugs.

If he was very religious or sexist?

He didn't look like it to me.

Although, of course, I don't know what was going on in his house », explains the clerk.

A neighbor enters the premises to buy a can of beer.

She looks at the journalist with contempt.

“People are fed up with questions.

This is unfortunate, and the father is very burdened.

Shattered, I'd say.

When they told him the news he broke down.

They told me that the screams could be heard from the other side of the street », insists R., while he looks askance at his brother, who is waiting at the door of the store with a sad face.

«Yes, I would like you to make one thing clear», R begs. «I'm tired of being told that I'm a fucking

.

There will even be those who will blame religion.

And Islam does not approve of this.

As far as I know, he doesn't force anyone he doesn't want to marry.

This has been a savage.

Unfortunately, in our country and in others it is the daily bread.

But in my family this has never happened.

People get married and separate from who they want.

Respect is above anything », insists R. without hiding her regret.

I would like to see Ghulam's face now.

What has happened to him is very strong.

How do you get back out of bed and go to work after this?

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