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Amman: Man stabs sister, crushes body under his truck

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A man killed his sister and drove his truck over her body several times over suspicion.

The suspect, in his forties, was charged with premeditated murder after confessing to the crime, claiming his divorced sister had indulged in suspicious behaviour, a police spokesman told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.The crime took place early on Wednesday in the northern Greco-Roman city of Jerash.The man stabbed the woman and then took her to a deserted area where he repeatedly ran over her body to make sure she was dead, the spokesman said.Murder is punishable by death in Jordan, but in so-called honour killings, courts can commute or reduce sentences, particularly if the victims family asks for leniency.Earlier this month, a 65-year-old man was charged with stabbing to death his 25-year-old daughter after she gave birth outside wedlock.Between 15 and 20 women die in honour murders each year in the Arab kingdom, despite government efforts to curb such crimes.