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How is mercy killing different from honor killing?

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mercy killing:- when a person wants to die due to some reason and wants help from relative or government.

honour killing:- when a persons kills a member of his family to safe-guard the honour of his family...for example In 2008 a woman was killed in Saudi Arabia by her father for "chatting" to a man on Facebook.

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