6 year old girl raped in Karachi

6 year old girl raped in Karachi

KARACHI: An unfortunate and barbaric incident took place in the Karachi Metropolitan city.

A six-year-old girl was raped and later the suspect(s) tried to kill her, but the child survived in a drain where she was thrown in the Ibrahim Hyderi police limits on Thursday evening, police and hospital officials said.

They added that the girl was found injured on the Malir riverbed near Korangi Crossing. Her throat and a hand bore stab wounds.

She was initially taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, which referred her to the Civil Hospital Karachi, where her medical examination was carried out by a lady doctor, said a senior medico-legal officer Dr Mubarak Pathan.

Quoting the report, the MLO said she was raped. It appeared that later on, the suspect(s) tried to kill her as her throat was slit, added the doctor.