Three little girls killed by their father in Pakistan because he didn’t want to ’waste money’ on their education

The three little girls were killed by father Irshad Ahmed on Sunday night. Their distraught mother Shabana Naz found their bodies the next day.

周日晚，三个小女孩被亲生父亲伊尔沙德-艾哈迈德杀死。母亲第二天发现了她们的尸体，几近崩溃。

She told MailOnline Ahmed didn’t want to waste money on their upbringing. But when she told his family he wanted to kill them, Shabana was ignored.

她告诉《每日邮报》网络版，艾哈迈德不想在他们身上浪费钱。但她之前和他家里人说丈夫想杀死几个女儿时，没有人理会她。

Irshad Ahmed killed his three daughters, twins Chashman and Aman aged seven and a five-year-old Fiza, on Sunday night, after encouraging his wife Shabana Naz to attend a wedding with their only son. She only took one of her daughters, the youngest aged two, after refusing to leave her behind at their home. A neighbour told her what had happened later: she returned, Shabana discovered the bodies of the three little girls lying in the bed - and their father gone.

周日晚，伊尔沙德-艾哈迈德哄骗妻子带着唯一的儿子去参加婚礼，然后他杀死了三个女儿，两个是7岁的双胞胎Chashman和 Aman，另外一个名为Fiza，只有5岁。当时两岁的小女儿坚持要跟着母亲，四个女儿中她只带走了三个。之后邻居告诉了她发生了什么：莎巴娜回到家时，在床上发现了三个孩子的尸体，她们的父亲则不知所踪。

Speaking today, Shabana revealed how her husband had believed his daughters to be worthless, claiming they would mean the family would ’die of hunger’. ’He said, "I do not want to educate them and don’t want to waste money on their upbringing. My only son is my future hope and one day I will vanish these four problems",’ the 35-year-old told MailOnline.

莎巴娜今天表示，她的丈夫一直都认为女儿无用，宣称生女儿只会让全家“饿死”。“他说，‘我不想供她们上学，也不想浪费钱养活她们。儿子是我未来的希望，总有一天我会解决这四个问题’。”35岁的莎巴娜告诉《每日邮报》网络版。

She added: ’My husband never gave my daughters a penny of pocket money when they went to school. All their school fees, uniform and expenses for books were paid by my parents.’ Shabana said things had got worse since the birth of her youngest daughter.

她还说道，“我丈夫一毛钱零花钱都没给过女儿们。她们的学费，校服，书费都是我父亲拿的。”莎巴娜说小女儿出生后，情况就变得更糟了。

He always said that we all would die of hunger as we have four daughters and it’s a big expense of their education and then marrying them.’ Shabana said she had tried to tell people about Ahmed’s threats, but no one had taken her seriously. She had now fled to her parents’ home, where she feels safer.

“他总说四个女儿会拖累全家，让大家都饿死，供他们上学还要再赔嫁妆，不知要花多少钱。”莎巴娜说她试过给周围人讲艾哈迈德威胁女儿的事情，但没人把她的话当真。现在她已逃到娘家，她觉得那里更安全点。

Police in the central province of Punjab confirmed Ahmed was wanted for the killing. Other villagers said Ahmed had been on anti-depressants in the lead-up to the murders.

巴基斯坦中部省份Punjab的警察们已经确定以杀人罪名通缉艾哈迈德。有村民表示，艾哈迈德行凶前一直在服用抗抑郁药物。

However, it is not unheard of for a father to kill his daughters in Pakistan, where they can be considered a burden. In 2013, Umar Zaib, 28, was arrested for drowning his 18-month-old daughter because he had wanted a son instead.

但巴基斯坦并不是第一次发生这样这样的悲剧，在这个国家，女儿都被视为一种负担。2013年，28岁的Umar Zaib因想要男孩而溺死自己18个月大的女儿，之后被捕。

Shabanaz is now calling for her husband - who she claims was addicted to weed - to be hanged. ’I want the same punishment for my husband which he chose for my innocent daughters,’ she said.

莎巴娜正呼吁绞死沉迷于大麻的丈夫。“我想让他受到惩罚，像我无辜的女儿遭受的那样。”

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