By . Sara Smyth . PUBLISHED: . 12:49 EST, 26 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:57 EST, 26 May 2013 . A mother and two daughters were allegedly killed by ten male relatives who believed they were having affairs. The men are believed to have strangled their relatives in southern Egypt. A body was found floating in the river Nile, near the town of Esna, close to the ancient city of Luxor. It has been reported that the men used sharp tools to beat the three women in attacks that were meant to protect their family's honour. Esna: The body of one of the slain women was found floating on the river Nile near the town of Esna in southern Egypt . Luxor: The killings took place near this ancient city. Incidents of 'honor killings' are especially common in the conservative south and in the countryside . According to one of the suspects, who spoke to police on Thursday, the men wrapped the women's bodies and blankets, weighted them with stones and threw them into the river Nile. A security official said that women are murdered for violating traditional morals. The 'honour killings' are not uncommon in conservative Southern Egypt, where women's actions are thought to bring shame on the family. Police are searching for the nine other suspects and two remaining bodies. Honour killings are against Egyptian law, . and perpetrators are prosecuted if they are arrested. Courts are . sometimes sympathetic to the accused and give lighter sentences.
Body found floating in the Nile and police search for two more bodies .
One of the alleged killers told police he and nine other men beat and strangled the women .
Honour killings not uncommon in southern Egypt, where women's actions are thought to bring shame on the family .
By . Sara Smyth . PUBLISHED: . 12:49 EST, 26 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:57 EST, 26 May 2013 . A mother and two daughters were allegedly killed by ten male relatives who believed they were having affairs. The men are believed to have strangled their relatives in southern Egypt. A body was found floating in the river Nile, near the town of Esna, close to the ancient city of Luxor. It has been reported that the men used sharp tools to beat the three women in attacks that were meant to protect their family's honour. Esna: The body of one of the slain women was found floating on the river Nile near the town of Esna in southern Egypt . Luxor: The killings took place near this ancient city. Incidents of 'honor killings' are especially common in the conservative south and in the countryside . According to one of the suspects, who spoke to police on Thursday, the men wrapped the women's bodies and blankets, weighted them with stones and threw them into the river Nile. A security official said that women are murdered for violating traditional morals. The 'honour killings' are not uncommon in conservative Southern Egypt, where women's actions are thought to bring shame on the family. Police are searching for the nine other suspects and two remaining bodies. Honour killings are against Egyptian law, . and perpetrators are prosecuted if they are arrested. Courts are . sometimes sympathetic to the accused and give lighter sentences.
found floating in the river Nile, near the town killings' are not uncommon in conservative Southern Egypt, where women's actions are thought to bring shame on the family. Police are searching for the nine other suspects and two remaining bodies. Honour killings are against