India has long witnessed so-called honour killings, where couples are targeted because their families or communities disapprove of their relationships over caste or religion
New Delhi (AFP) - An Indian student from the lowest Dalit caste was hacked to death and his wife critically injured in southern India in a suspected "honour killing" by relatives angered by their marriage, police said Monday.
Three men armed with sickles and sharp weapons attacked the 22-year-old student and his wife, who is from a higher caste, on a crowded street in Tamil Nadu state on Sunday.
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