The mother of the Terrassa sisters murdered in Pakistan points out that they were deceived by the family

• Events The mother witnessed the murder of the Terrassa sisters in Pakistan at the hands of her other brother

Azra Bibi, mother of

and

, was shocked when she saw her daughters in

.

She knew that they did not love her husbands, which they had in this country, and therefore she did not know that they were going to travel to the village where they met their death a few hours after her arrival.

She thus told the

in a telematic statement since she is still in her country, with a minor son, in police custody since she has received threats from her family.

The woman's statement, advanced by Ser and confirmed by this means, supports the thesis that the victims, residents of

, were deceived into their country where they were

for wanting to separate from their husbands, that they were his cousins, and thus not carry out the paperwork so that they could come to Spain.

In this sense, from the

it is pointed out that relatives of the victims told them that their brother was getting married and that their mother was very ill and that is why they went.

They arrived on the 19th and on the 20th they killed them by suffocating them with a handkerchief and then they shot them.

Before they were tortured to change their minds.

A brother of his and an uncle have acknowledged being the perpetrators, although there are six detainees and three other people are being sought.

The mother arrived in the country months ago and was held by relatives and could not communicate with her daughters, according to the Dawn newspaper, so she was surprised to see them arrive.

The Mossos are investigating whether the victims were forced to marry, although the Consulate indicates that this wedding was with the consent of the women, who lived with their husbands for a time before coming to

, so it was supposedly not a marriage forced that is punished in the Spanish penal code.

The victims had not lived with their father for months and had even started new relationships, which a brother of his did not accept and even attacked the partner of one of them.

The police have questioned the women's environment, such as relatives, acquaintances, friends and also one of their boyfriends, and now they are trying to determine if they were forced to marry, since

and the accused face sentences that They range from 25 years in prison to death.

The agents have taken a statement on several occasions from the father of the

who maintains that he was unaware that they were in

since since they left home he had no dealings with her.

His boss at a grocery store in

, Ulfat Raja, also testified before Mossos and in an interview with Europa Press assured that a brother allegedly killed his sisters on May 20 because "he did not accept that they were married and had other partners in Spain ";

that he, another brother and the mother

, and that when his sisters traveled there to visit their family in May they allegedly cut off their passports so they could not return and killed them at their uncles' house.

About the alleged murderer, he said that he had worked with him in the store, that he is a very good boy, shy and that "he loved his sisters."

"I don't know what happened that day, why he got so mad that in the end it got out of hand. Until now I can't believe it. It has surprised us all a lot. Killing the sisters brutally... is very strong" , he highlighted.

In addition, he added that two or three years ago one of the brothers stabbed one of her sisters' boyfriends because she had a husband in Pakistan and did not accept the relationship.

He also pointed out that the girls left their parents' house a year ago, that the father had no relationship with them and that, when he found out about the crime, he asked him if he was involved: "I told him that if he knew something and was lying, They were going to catch him, but he said he had nothing to do with it. I don't think he has any responsibility. I trust his word."

Feminist organizations have called a

this Thursday in protest against this crime.

The Government reported that it will approve a framework protocol to address all types of sexist violence that will also include forced marriages.

This protocol will frame forced marriages in the field of "macho violence" and not as "cultural customs", like the previous document.

According to Efe, the Department of Equality and Feminism wants to develop actions to prevent and address forced marriages in Catalonia, with advice and training for professionals to detect them, beyond police persecution.

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