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    Pakistani Bride Charged With Poisoning Husband's Milk, Inadvertently Killing 17

    The woman reportedly admitted to slipping poison into her husband's drink, which was later consumed by his relatives, resulting in numerous deaths, according to Pakistani police.
    by Amy Held Nov 02, 2017 2 minutes
    Aasia Bibi and her boyfriend, Shahid Lashari, are presented to journalists at a police station in Muzaffargarh, Pakistan, on Monday. / Iram Asim / Shutterstock.com

    A 21-year-old Pakistani woman, unhappy in her new arranged marriage, is charged with murder after poisoning her husband's milk that some two dozen members of his extended family later drank, resulting in 17 deaths, according to police.

    The alleged incident took place in a rural village near the city of Multan in

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