Pakistan Social Media Celebrity Strangled To Death By Brother In Suspected Honour Killing

Internet sensation Qandeel Baloch was murdered by her brother in Multan on Saturday.

“Qandeel was killed by her brother over honour in Green Town area,” the area’s Regional Police Officer Sultan Azam told The Express Tribune.  “It appears that she was strangled to death. 

The 25-year-old social media starlet’s parents, who have been taken into custody, confirmed she was strangled to death last night.

“Wasim, 30, killed her last night following an argument,” her parents said. However, they found her body in the morning.

Qandeel’s father Azeem said that his daughter was brave and he would not forget or forgive her brutal murder.

“The brother was also there last night and the family told us he strangled her to death,” Azhar Akram, City Police Officer (CPO) Multan told AFP, confirming that officials suspected an honour killing.