A 10-year-old girl identified as Misbah was killed while studying at her neighbour’s house on Saturday, said the Sir Syed police.
They claim that she was murdered and have arrested two suspects. According to DSP Altaf Hussain, Misbah was at tuition at a house in Sector 11-E, North Karachi when two boys identified as Hammad, 11, and Arbaaz came in and opened fire. The DSP said that the boys had no idea the gun was real. “Hammad thought that it was a toy gun,” he said. “He took Arbaaz with him to tuition to show the toy gun to the other children.”
SHO Changaiz Khan said that according to the 15-year-old tuition teacher Rohma, Hammad used the gun twice. The first bullet hit Misbah in the head and the other one hit the ground. She said that he was nervous and confused about what had happened. The police have detained both boys. They added that Hammad’s father was abroad while Arbaaz’s father was a rickshaw driver. The body was taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.
DSP Hussain said that it was possible that Hammad’s parents would be arrested for being negligent with a weapon in the house.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 19th, 2011.
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