Murder Of Shafilea Ahmed
Shafilea Iftikhar Ahmed (July 14, 1986 – September 11, 2003) was a 17-year-old British Pakistani girl from Great Sankey, Warrington, Cheshire, who was murdered by her parents. They were imprisoned for life in 2012. The possibility of others having helped them to dispose of her body was raised; after the trial the chief executive of Bradford Council for Mosques encouraged anybody knowing about the case to come forward, and said his group would help police.
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