KARACHI: A 13-year-old woman was attacked by a knife-wielding assailant in Karachi, taking the full variety of assaults to 4 inside the span of an hour and a half, it surfaced late Wednesday.
“My daughter was getting back from the park when she was attacked,” the mom of the sufferer — a resident of Gulshan-e-Iqbal’s Welfare colony — advised the police.
“She was handled for the wound on her again on the Jinnah Put up Graduate Medical Centre.”
The attacker first targetted a lady within the metropolis’s Gulshan-e-Jamal space late Wednesday, adopted by one other assault close to Dalmia highway, the police stated.
Inside an hour of the 2 assaults, one other lady — a pupil of Urdu College — was attacked within the metropolis’ NIPA Chowrangi neighborhood.
The attacker appears to have posed a problem to the legislation enforcement authorities, who’re but to nab the assailant.
The primary incident, within the chain of assaults, was reported on September 25. Since then, a complete of 13 assaults have been reported.
The First Info Report (FIR) of an assault on Shaheen on September 26 was registered by the police right this moment (Wednesday), after repeated requests from the sufferer’s household.
“The police and different legislation enforcement companies are consistently engaged in efforts to apprehend the attacker,” Sindh Info minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah stated. “These assaults is not going to proceed for lengthy and we’ll arrest this man inside a day’s time.”
The incidents have sparked worry and panic among the many residents of the metropolis, forcing girls to take further precautions earlier than venturing out.
A feminine pupil of Karachi College (KU) stated law enforcement officials have suggested girls to watch out whereas strolling on the streets.
“We now have been directed to not go away our homes after Maghrib prayers,” defined one other pupil.
Feminine college students additionally stated that they’re taking all doable precautions, together with avoiding strolling alone at evening and never staying out for too lengthy.
A KU pupil stated that the attacker appears to be affected by a psychological dysfunction. “Regular individuals don’t commit such acts,” she stated.
One other pupil famous that authorities ought to take discover of the problem and resolve it instantly.
‘Skinny man, aged 20-29’
Karachi Police launched footage — screengrabs from the CCTV footage — of the suspect Saturday evening, whereby the assailant might be seen driving a motorcycle moments earlier than attacking one of many victims.
“The suspect seems to be a skinny man, aged 20-29,” DIG Khawaja stated, including that “he seems to be 5 toes, 7-9 inches tall” and normally rides a pink motorbike.
