Pakistan Blasphemy Murder
Blasphemy: Four girls 'slaughter' female seminary teacher in Pakistan
Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan: Four girls allegedly killed a female seminary teacher after accusing her of blasphemy at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Dera Ismail Khan region in Pakistan, media reports said on Wednesday.
The police sources told The News International that four girls allegedly attacked a seminary teacher with clubs and sharp tools and beheaded her at the doorstep of the seminary.
According to the first information report (FIR) lodged by Zahid, son of Laal Shah, belonging to Mahsud tribe in South Waziristan district, his niece Safoor Bibi, 21, was working as a teacher at Madrasatul Falahul Banaat Islamia, the newspaper reported.
He told the police that the accused Umra Aman, 24, daughter of Deen Badshah, Razia Hanfi, 21, daughter of Allah Noor, Aisha Nomani, 17, daughter of Allah Noor, and Umema, 13, daughter of Shah Noor, attacked Safoora Bibi with knives and clubs when she arrived at the seminary at around 7:30am on Tuesday.
The FIR said the assailants beheaded the teacher after getting hold of her.
The management of the seminary informed police about the incident.
The police later reached the spot and arrested the girls who were accused of killing the teacher.
The police recovered weapons and clubs used in the murder.
According to the initial investigation, the motive behind the killing was said to be differences over religious issues and allegations of blasphemy, The News International reported.
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