In the Jordanian capital of Amman, where the parliament just rejected a law instituting penalties for “honor killings,” three brothers tracked down their two sisters and hacked them to death with axes.

The 27-year-old left her family home nearly two years ago to marry a man without her family's consent, the paper says.

Her 20-year-old sister ran away three months ago to join her.

Tipped on their whereabouts, the brothers went to their home with axes, and hacked their sisters to death, the paper says.

"It was a brutal scene. One victim's head was nearly cut clean off," an official is quoted as saying.

That ought to be good for about 6 months in jail.

But remember now; even though the Jordanian parliament rejected the honor killing law because it would violate religious tradition, you shouldn’t come to the conclusion that this sort of thing is connected to Islam in any way, shape, or form.