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Wednesday, 22 July 2009

Muslim women drowned in Kingston: Several weeks ago there was a horrible occurrence--the tragic drowning of three young Muslim sisters and another women relative in Kingston, Ontario. The story told by the sisters’ purportedly heartsick parents, recent arrivals from Afghanistan, was that their eldest daughter had taken their car without their permission, loaded it up with the other women, and somehow managed to end up in the drink.
At the time I thought it sounded a bit fishy, and now it seems my suspicious may have been well-founded. A Montreal radio station is reporting that 
Kingston police say they'll release more information tomorrow, after reports that they've made arrests in the deaths 3 weeks ago of 4 Montreal woman who drowned in the Rideau canal near Kingston.  
Three members of the women's immediate family reportedly were arrested as they headed for Trudeau airport; apparently to leave the country.
Investigators  aren't ruling out an honour-killing in the Afghan women's death:  3 young sisters from the Shafii family -- aged 13 to 19 -- and a 50-year-old relative --Rona Amir Mohammed.
Police might want to explore if there’s an honour killing angle to this Kingston drowning story, too.

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