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brother-in-law

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The former brother-in-law told investigators that he found another Molotov cocktail near a window before the fire and that Salazar had also driven by his house a few nights before the fire.

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On 28 August, her husband and brother-in-law kidnapped the boy at gunpoint, tortured him and threw his battered body into a river.

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That was the last time she ever saw her brother-in-law Fahim.

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Reports at the time alleged that Kim Jae-gyu's wife had been detained and tortured too, along with her brother-in-law and brothers, which officials at the time denied.

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The jury was told that Jhangur, who is now 25, got out of the car and stabbed Hasan Khan, his new brother-in-law, several times in the head and chest.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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