2 Die as Pakistanis Protest Over Girl’s Killing
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2 Die as Pakistanis Protest Over Girl’s Killing
Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, the chief minister of Punjab Province, on Wednesday afternoon ordered a high-level inquiry into the latest killing, saying he was "deeply pained." As the atmosphere in Kasur remained tense
and public outrage over the murder rose across the country, Mr. Sharif removed the district police chief.
10, 2018
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Hundreds of protesters, enraged over the murder of a young girl, clashed with the police in
eastern Pakistan on Wednesday after surrounding the office of a senior district official and demanding justice.
At least two people were killed when the police opened fire on the protesters in the city of Kasur, officials said.
They returned to Pakistan on Wednesday, and while talking to the local news media at the Islamabad
airport, her father, Muhammad Amin, accused the police of not cooperating in the investigations.
The police say at least 12 children have been killed within a radius of about a mile in the past two years in Kasur.
The violence came a day after the body of a girl, Zainab Amin, whose father said she was
around 7, was found on a pile of garbage near a busy road in the district of Kasur.
Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, the chief minister of Punjab Province, on Wednesday afternoon ordered a high-level inquiry into the latest killing, saying he was "deeply pained." As the atmosphere in Kasur remained tense
and public outrage over the murder rose across the country, Mr. Sharif removed the district police chief.
10, 2018
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Hundreds of protesters, enraged over the murder of a young girl, clashed with the police in
eastern Pakistan on Wednesday after surrounding the office of a senior district official and demanding justice.
At least two people were killed when the police opened fire on the protesters in the city of Kasur, officials said.
They returned to Pakistan on Wednesday, and while talking to the local news media at the Islamabad
airport, her father, Muhammad Amin, accused the police of not cooperating in the investigations.
The police say at least 12 children have been killed within a radius of about a mile in the past two years in Kasur.
The violence came a day after the body of a girl, Zainab Amin, whose father said she was
around 7, was found on a pile of garbage near a busy road in the district of Kasur.