Murderers of Zeenat Rafique #fundie edition.cnn.com

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — A young Pakistani woman was still breathing when police say her mother and brother set her on fire for eloping against their wishes, CNN affiliate Geo News reported.

Zeenat Rafique secretly dated her husband for years before marrying.

An autopsy released Thursday said Zeenat Rafique, 18, had traces of smoke in her respiratory tract, indicating she was alive when she was set ablaze.

Rafique had also been strangled, the autopsy said, according to Geo News.

The young woman was laid to rest Thursday by her tearful husband, 19-year-old Hassan Khan.

"When we saw her body, she had strangulation marks on her neck," Rafique's mother-in-law Shahida Bib said.

Rafique's family had refused to accept her body.

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