12-year-old Orphan Hanged

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PESHAWAR:

A ruthless suspect killed a 12-year-old orphan by hanging him In Zarobi, Swabi. The police tracked down and arrested the suspect within three hours. Widow Fazal Rokhan lodged an FIR at Topi Police Station, stating that her 12-year-old son, Muhammad Kashif, had left the house the previous morning to play, but when he didn’t return home after a long time, they began searching for him.

They were later informed that her son’s body was found in the fields near the Government High School Zarobi. When she arrived at the scene with her relatives, the child lay there, dead.

The unknown suspect(s) had strangled him with a rope. The motive for the crime is still unknown.

Published in Express Tribune on 10 September 2024.

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