KARACHI: One other lady was attacked with a pointy object in Karachi’s Pehlwan Goth neighborhood late Thursday, after the police arrested 15 suspects on Wednesday evening and one other key suspect early Thursday.
In accordance with the police, the 28-year-old lady’s hand was attacked and injured after she tried to withstand. She was then rushed to a personal hospital in Gulistan-e-Johar, the police say.
The whole variety of reported knife-attacks on ladies has shot as much as 15, with the First Info Experiences (FIRs) of three incidents registered on the Shahrah-e-Faisal and Gulistan-e-Johar police station.
Final week, worry gripped residents of Gulistan-e-Jauhar space after studies surfaced of a ‘knife attacker’ focusing on ladies within the space.
After 5 ladies had been attacked, inside a span of two hours, on Wednesday in areas together with Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Gulistan-e-Jamal, the Sindh Info Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah stated that regulation enforcement businesses had been actively engaged within the manhunt and would arrest the ‘offender inside a day or two.’
The attacker appears to have posed a problem to the regulation 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 FIR of an assault on Shaheen on September 26 was registered by the police on Wednesday, after repeated requests from the sufferer’s household.
The incidents have sparked worry and panic among the many residents of the metropolis, forcing ladies to take additional precautions earlier than venturing out.
A feminine pupil of Karachi College (KU) stated cops have suggested ladies to watch out whereas strolling on the streets.
“Now we 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 attainable 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 difficulty 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.
