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Pakistani teen burns self after police deny gang-rape claim
Indian police extinguish the flames as Pranab Boro, an activist self-immolates in a protest demanding land rights. Sonia Bibi, who was in her late teens, burnt herself Tuesday outside a police station in the Muzaffargarh district of central Punjab province. She was rushed to a hospital in the central city of Multan, but died of her injuries. PHOTO | FILE
What you need to know:
- Awais Malik, a senior police official in Muzaffargarh, said that two policemen have been arrested and that the chief of the police station has been suspended for his inaction.
- "Sonia had alleged that she was kidnapped and raped by two policemen but nobody registered this case despite her complaints. We have arrested the alleged rapists," said Malik.
MULTAN
A young Pakistani woman self-immolated after police refused to act on her claim she was gang-raped by their colleagues, officials and activists said Wednesday.
