man repeatedly stabbed and dismembered in 'honour killing' because he was having an affair with a married woman

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Pakistani human rights activists hold placards during a protest against honour killing in Islamabad

A pakistani man was repeatedly stabbed and dismembered in an 'honour killing' because he was having an affair with a married woman.  

Allah Ditta was stabbed multiple times by a group of five men after they spotted him in the village of the woman he was allegedly having an affair with in Dera Ghazi Khan in central Pakistan.

The 24-year-old's arms were cut off as were his lips and nose, a police official said. 

Ditta began the relationship when he was working for the woman's brother-in-law, and that she ran away with him in May but returned home two weeks later after the village council intervened. 

District police chief Ata Muhammad Khan confirmed the killing, adding: 'The victim was taken to hospital where he died.'