Man Accused of Beheading Girlfriend

In Patna, India, Bijendra Kumar is accused of beheading his girlfriend infront of her classmates. The girl was only 18 and was said to of died instantly. The attacker told police that he was in love with her but her parents refused to let them marry. Kumar apparently used a curved, ceremonial weapon called a khurki while she was leaving a class. After the killing, Kumar was attacked and turned in to the police by fellow students and said that he planned to kill himself afterward.




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