Pakistan police arrest key suspect in serial child murder case

• Sarwar Alam
• 24 January, 2018

By: Sarwar Alam

Pakistani police Tuesday (23) arrested the key suspect accused of raping and murdering a young girl in a case that enraged the country and stoked fears a serial killer was preying on children in the city of Kasur. The killing of six-year-old Zainab Fatima Ameen — the 12th child found raped and murdered in Kasur within a two-kilometre radius in the last two years — sparked riots, with thousands swarming police stations and setting fire to politicians’ homes, accusing authorities of inaction. Shahbaz Sharif, chief minister for Punjab province where Kasur is located, announced the arrest of Imran Ali in…

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