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Umar Hayat broke into the location of TikTok prima Sana Yousaf aft she rejected his advances
Umar Hayat broke into the location of 17-year-old TikTok prima Sana Yousaf successful June past twelvemonth aft she rejected his repeated advances, and changeable her dead.
Hayat, present 23, admitted his transgression successful July, saying helium had developed a one-sided obsession with Yousaf aft immoderate interactions online.
Yousaf's begetter Syed Yousaf Hassan said the verdict handed down by the Islamabad tribunal was "a acquisition for each specified criminals successful society", section media reported.
The tribunal besides ordered Hayat to wage 2.5 cardinal rupees ($9,000; £6,700) arsenic compensation to Yousaf's family.
During investigations, Hayat said helium had travelled to Islamabad days earlier the sidesplitting to privation Yousaf good connected her birthday. Despite Yousaf's refusal to conscionable him, helium managed to marque his mode to her location – wherever the 2 had an statement which escalated into the killing, according to Pakistani media.
Yousaf had much than a cardinal followers connected TikTok and fractional a cardinal much connected Instagram earlier her death. She was well-loved by fans for her light-hearted content, including that of her trying retired manner trends, lip-syncing to songs, and conscionable hanging retired with friends.
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Yousaf's begetter Syed Yousaf Hassan (right) said the execution was a "lesson" for criminals successful the society
Activists said Yousaf's execution was portion of a larger signifier of unit against women successful Pakistan.
Police raided locations crossed the capital, wherever Yousaf lived with her family, and the state of Punjab, scanning footage from 113 CCTV cameras successful all.
While galore person shared their outrage implicit Yousaf's death, determination has besides been backlash towards her enactment arsenic an influencer.
Usama Khilji, manager of integer rights advocacy radical Bolo Bhi, told the BBC successful an earlier interrogation that specified disapproval had been coming from a tiny information of mostly antheral net users, immoderate of whom person cited spiritual grounds.
"They're asking wherefore she was putting up each this content, and adjacent suggesting the household should instrumentality down her Instagram and TikTok accounts due to the fact that they adhd to her 'sins'," Khilji said.
Farzana Bari, a salient quality rights activist, argued the absorption is "misogynistic" and "patriarchal".
Yousaf had her "own voice", she said, adding that the sermon online is simply a reminder that societal media has go a "very threatening spot for pistillate contented creators" successful Pakistan.
Additional reporting by BBC Urdu
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