5 relations will go on trial over the alleged homicide of a Pakistani teenager who refused an organized marriage, an Italian decide has dominated.
Saman Abbas disappeared final yr in Italy after refusing her dad and mom' calls for to marry a cousin in Pakistan.
Italian authorities suspect that the 18-year-old was killed and her physique was buried.
Saman had informed her boyfriend in Italy that her household was speaking about killing her, and her dad and mom fled to Pakistan from Milan simply someday after her disappearance.
For 2 months, round 500 Italian cops -- aided by canine and drones -- searched farm fields close to the city the place the household lived in Novellara.
On Tuesday, a decide in Reggio Emilia dominated that Saman's dad and mom, two cousins, and an uncle -- who was extradited from France -- ought to go on trial.
Saman's dad and mom are more likely to be tried in absentia after failing to answer appeals from Italian authorities.
The uncle has denied any function in his niece’s disappearance, regardless of video proof that he was seen strolling with a shovel and a pitchfork within the countryside close to the household’s dwelling.
Saman's 16-year-old brother was the opposite member of the family who remained in Italy and has been transferred to a protected centre.
The primary listening to of the trial has been set for 10 February 2023.
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