Woman Killed for Being Pregnant with Female Fetus

(Rajkot, India) Twenty-five-year-old Nita Koli, six months pregnant with a female fetus, was set on fire by her husband, Sanjay, and mother-in-law, Kuwar Koli, for "not being able to give birth to a boy." Nita died from her burns Wednesday.

From The Times of India:

Sources say Nita, who has two daughters, may have been killed after a sex determination test that possibly revealed that she was carrying a female foetus.

The mother-in-law and the husband were arrested yesterday and charged with murder.