UK: Police probing 'honour' suicides
Source:
BBC Police are going through hundreds of files on missing people and suicides to look for signs of "honour crimes".
Website Link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4070543.stm
Submitted on Mon, 12/06/2004 - 00:00
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