Pakistani Bride Kills 17 Family Members in Botched Poison Plot
Pakistani brides attend a mass-wedding ceremony in Karachi. Forced marriages are still common in the some regions of the country Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images
A recently-wedded woman in a village in the eastern Punjab region of Pakistan tried to poison her husband, only to accidentally kill 17 members of her extended family.
Aasia Bibi, 21, was angry after having been married against her will to a relative in September.
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
