Leftist politician denies Afghan woman allegedly murdered by brothers was honour crime

(Breitbart) Berlin Senator Elke Breitenbach has denied a possible honour motive in the case of an Afghan woman who was allegedly murdered by her brothers who disapproved of her Western way of life.

Breitenbach, a member of the Left Party, claimed the alleged murder was not an honour killing but rather a misogynistic crime, saying: “In Germany, every third day a woman is killed by her partner or ex-partner. This is not an honour killing. This is femicide.”

“And unfortunately, I have no idea how to better integrate men. It’s not about the origin and nationality of the perpetrators. It’s about the question of gender,” she argued, German newspaper Tagesspiegel reports.

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