Panic as children’s corpses disappear from graveyard

Islamabad, January 17: The mysterious disappearance of children’s corpses from a graveyard in Pakistan has created panic among the people.

Residents of Manghopir area of Karachi were shocked to learn that five corpses have gone missing from the Afridi Goth graveyard, with two cases having taken place in the last 15 days, Dawn reported.

While five corpses have gone missing in the last few months, some graves were dug up and left open. Police suspect that an animal is stealing the corpses of the children. "The graves were unpaved," said station house officer Manghopir, Ghulam Hussain Korai.

"An animal dug its way to the bottom and consumed the child corpses, they did not disappear, as flesh and bones were also found."

Police officials have been deployed at the graveyard to monitor the situation. Residents say this is the first time in the 30 years since the graveyard was built that such an incident has taken place and demanded that authorities act quickly to put an end to the disappearances. (IANS)