During the conversation, the mother has pointed from Pakistan in the same direction that the Islamabad authorities suspected: the daughters traveled deceived by the family
The Mossos d’Esquadra They took a statement this Thursday morning from the mother of the two sisters of Terrassa (Barcelona) who were tortured and murdered by their family in Pakistan for refusing to start the paperwork for their husbands to settle in Catalonia. According to the police sources consulted by EL PERIÓDICO, the investigators who are trying to clarify whether the victims were coerced into marrying their husbands -cousins, actually-, or to find out whether they were tricked into traveling to Pakistan, have questioned telematically to the woman, who is in that country.
The same sources point out that during the conversation with the woman, she would have pointed in the same direction as the Pakistani authorities: the daughters traveled to the Asian country deceived by relatives, who wanted to attract them to pressure them and force them to start the paperwork so that their husbands could travel to Spain.
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The Spanish authorities cannot investigate this crime since the two victims do not have Spanish nationality and the double homicide occurred in Gujarab, Pakistani soil. The Pakistani authorities have already arrested six men for this crime and it will be the justice of that Asian country who will judge them. Nevertheless, prosecution Y Mossos d’Esquadra they can investigate if the link between the two women was a forced marriagewhich according to sources from the Pakistani consulate in Barcelona was held by telephone. forced marriage is a crime in Catalonia.
To clarify whether the two sisters were married to two of their cousins –children of a brother and a sister of the father– against their will, it is essential to obtain the testimony of the parents. The father gave a statement earlier in the week. The mother, who is in Pakistan, had not yet given a statement.