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Zainab Ansari murder: Pakistan police release sketch of suspect in manhunt for 'serial killer' | Zainab Ansari murder: Pakistan police release sketch of suspect in manhunt for 'serial killer' |
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Police in Pakistan are stepping up a manhunt for a possible serial killer after an eight-year-old girl was found raped and murdered in Kasur, eastern Punjab, sparking widespread protests. | Police in Pakistan are stepping up a manhunt for a possible serial killer after an eight-year-old girl was found raped and murdered in Kasur, eastern Punjab, sparking widespread protests. |
Government spokesperson Malik Ahmad Khan said authorities were searching for a suspect who kidnaps and kills young girls after Zainab Ansari’s body was found on Tuesday. | Government spokesperson Malik Ahmad Khan said authorities were searching for a suspect who kidnaps and kills young girls after Zainab Ansari’s body was found on Tuesday. |
It comes after police revealed at least 10 similar cases had rocked the city since January 2017. | It comes after police revealed at least 10 similar cases had rocked the city since January 2017. |
Investigators now say they have found traces of the same DNA on six of the girls, including Zainab, according to a police document seen by the BBC. | |
All of the girls, who lived within a 3km radius, went missing from near their homes and were dumped on rubbish sites or in abandoned houses nearby. | All of the girls, who lived within a 3km radius, went missing from near their homes and were dumped on rubbish sites or in abandoned houses nearby. |
Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Mr Khan vowed to bring Zainab’s killer to justice and said chief minister Shehbaz Sharif would be personally following the case. | |
Police released an e-fit of the suspect after CCTV footage captured the unidentified man walking with Zainab on 4 January. Her body was found on a rubbish tip a mile from her home five days later. | Police released an e-fit of the suspect after CCTV footage captured the unidentified man walking with Zainab on 4 January. Her body was found on a rubbish tip a mile from her home five days later. |
Zainab’s father Ameen called on the government to publicly punish the perpetrator. | Zainab’s father Ameen called on the government to publicly punish the perpetrator. |
“If the culprits are punished publicly then it will serve as a deterrent for preventing similar cases,” he said, according to GeoNews. | “If the culprits are punished publicly then it will serve as a deterrent for preventing similar cases,” he said, according to GeoNews. |
Zainab’s family raised the alarm after she did not arrive home from her religious studies class earlier in the month. | Zainab’s family raised the alarm after she did not arrive home from her religious studies class earlier in the month. |
Her 16-year-old sister Laiba spoke of the family’s anguish at what happened to her. | Her 16-year-old sister Laiba spoke of the family’s anguish at what happened to her. |
“I am not crying because she is dead. My heart breaks to think that she was hurt. I cannot bear it,” she told Dawn. | “I am not crying because she is dead. My heart breaks to think that she was hurt. I cannot bear it,” she told Dawn. |
“How long will it take before you all forget about my sister?” | “How long will it take before you all forget about my sister?” |
It comes after the Lahore High Court (LHC) ordered the inspector general punjab (IGP) to arrest the perpetrator within 36 hours, amid growing public anger over authorities’ seeming inaction. |
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