Death penalty for serial child murderer

LAHORE – A man in Pakistan has the death penalty for the rape and murder of a seven year old girl. The death of Zainab Ansari called in Pakistan a lot of protest, because the government too little would do to such incidents. Only after a media campaign was the suspect arrested. He turned out to be a neighbor of the girl.

The body of the girl who was in January in a dumpster found in Kasur, south of Lahore. Residents of the area said that it was the twelfth time in a year that a girl was murdered.

According to the police is the dna of the man on the bodies of eight other girls found. The 24-year-old defendant is later tried in other cases.