Second Day of Protests Over Child Rape and Murder

Demonstrators accuse police of failing to act against perpetrators of child murders

Hundreds of protesters enraged over the murder of a young girl threw stones at government buildings in Kasur for a second day on Thursday, amid growing outrage over the killing. The outrage has spilled over in Kasur after the body of a child was found in a garbage heap Tuesday, where she is believed to have been dumped after being raped and murdered. Demanding justice for the victim, the actress added: “We fail as a nation every time we witness a crime as heinous as this.
Protesters set a government office on fire in the Pakistani city of Kasur, in a second day of riots after the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl.