Italian’s death caused by strangulation: Pakistan police

Pakistani police said on Wednesday that a Pakistani-Italian woman who died last month was strangled to death, in a case that made headlines in Italy over claims that she was murdered in a ‘honour killing’.

Police in the eastern city of Gujrat launched an investigation into the death of Sana Cheema after allegations that she had been murdered by relatives spread online.

An autopsy performed on her exhumed body led to the discovery that she had been brutally assaulted.

“It has now been confirmed that she was strangled to death. And according to the report, her neck was also broken,” said Irfan Sulehri, a senior police officer.

Cheema’s father, brother and uncle were taken into custody for questioning after the investigation was launched.