MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — The brother of a Mississauga, Ont., teenager who was strangled to death in her home has been charged with first-degree murder.
Aqsa Parvez was 16 when she was strangled to death in December 2007 during what friends said was a family dispute over her reluctance to wear a hijab.
Her father, 57-year-old Muhammed Parvez, was charged with first-degree murder soon after his arrest that month.
Her brother Waqas Parvez, 27, was charged with first-degree murder as well following his arrest on Thursday.
Sixteen-year-old Aqsa Parvez died in December.
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Mr. Parvez had already been charged with obstruction of justice in connection with his sister's death.
A Peel police spokeswoman says investigators think they have the two primary suspects but believe there may be others who witnessed or have knowledge of the crime.
