Wednesday, January 10, 2001

AMMAN - A 14-year-old child was strangled to death by her brother in
Al Nuzha suburb late Tuesday night, in what the assailant alleged was a
crime of honour, official sources said on Wednesday.

The victim, S. G., was talking on the phone when her 13-year-old
brother strangled her with a phone cord. He surrendered to police shortly after the murder was committed, the source told the Jordan times.