Baby raped, strangled to death in Pakistan

Islamabad, February 4: A one–and–half years old baby girl was raped and strangulated to death in Pakistan’s Karachi, a media report said. The body was found in a street near her home in zimabad area. According to the autopsy released on Tuesday, the baby was subjected to sodomy, Dawn online reported. Police said they have launched a hunt for the perpetrator. Last year in November, a six–year–old girl was strangled and dumped near a garbage heap in Quetta after being subjected to rape attempts, the media report said.

Another incident of a five–year–old girl in Lahore who was repeatedly raped for more than a hour outside a hospital in September 2014 was widely condemned, the report added. (IANS)