Man Claims Self-Defense in Honor Killing

(Zurich, Switzerland) A 24-year-old Pakistani man, Ajmal Butt Aziz, is being prosecuted for bludgeoning his 20-year-old wife Khudeja to death with a hammer as she slept.

Khudeja's honor killing occurred because she allegedly refused to follow Islamic tradition and wear a headscarf. She also wished to find a job and was seeking a divorce. The death occurred in Bellinzona, in the southern Swiss canton of Ticino.

Ajmal Butt Aziz claims that he acted in self-defense after his wife attacked him, apparently, while she slept. No trial date has been scheduled.