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Zainab murder case in Pakistan: Two suspects arrested

| | Jan 20, 2018, at 09:32 pm

Kasur, Jan 20 (IBNS): Police have arrested two suspects in the Zainab murder case in Pakistan, media reports said on Saturday.

Sources told Dawn News, investigators found an empty box near the body of the girl and one of the suspects arrested on Friday was identified by the help of a forensic examination. The suspect had already been booked in six rape cases. The other suspect is his brother who is also booked in some similar cases.

The rape and murder of Zainab left people shocked across Pakistan.

Protests hit Kasur, demanding arrest of culprits.

Zainab Amin was kidnapped on Jan 4.

Her body was found in a garbage bin on Jan 9.

The sources told Dawn News on the arrests that the two brothers were residents of the College Road area near the Fruit and Vegetable Market from where a minor rape survivor was found in November.

Political leaders, across the nation, condemned the incident.

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