KARACHI: Police have booked two extra circumstances reported by victims of stabbing assaults within the metropolis’s Gulistan-e-Jauhar locality this week, bringing the overall at 5.
Until Thursday, eight girls in areas of Rabia Metropolis and Jauhar Chowrangi had reported being stabbed by an assailant on a motorcycle. A 28-year-old girl, attacked on Thursday afternoon, stated man on a bike, sporting a helmet, had attacked her with a sharp-edged instrument from behind.
The incidents have sparked concern and panic among the many space residents, forcing girls to take additional precautions earlier than going exterior.
Witnesses report statements
One of many victims, who was attacked on September 26, stated that an unidentified man on a bike sporting a black helmet attacked her from behind, Zari Information reported on Thursday.
In consequence, her leg was severely injured and he or she took a rickshaw to succeed in her home. The sufferer’s mom then took her to a hospital and her father knowledgeable the police.
Nonetheless, when the police reached her home, they arrested her father for the incident. Her father, Abdul Rashid, remarked that he was detained in a single day and claimed the police had requested him for a bribe.
One other survivor, a scholar of seventh grade, knowledgeable police that she was attacked from behind close to Rabia Metropolis in Gulistan-e-Jauhar. The woman stated she was unable to determine the attacker as he had lined his face with a helmet.
“I went exterior to purchase one thing after I was attacked by the assailants on a bike,” she stated, including that at the very least one of many attackers was sporting a black shirt.
The sufferer’s mom stated her daughter had obtained eight stitches for her wounds.
In keeping with the spokesperson of a non-public hospital within the space, as many as 5 women had been delivered to the hospital for remedy of knife accidents previously few days.
He added 4 girls had been injured in two assaults on September 25, and one woman was attacked the very subsequent day.
Police have began investigations into the case, he stated.
Concern, panic in Gulistan-e-Jauhar
Panic has gripped completely different localities in Gulistan-e-Jauhar following the assaults.
A feminine scholar of Karachi College stated that law enforcement officials have suggested girls to watch out whereas strolling on the streets.
“We now have been directed to not depart our homes after Maghrib prayers,” remarked one other scholar.
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 scholar stated that the attacker appears to be affected by a psychological dysfunction. “Regular individuals don’t commit such acts,” she added.
One other scholar stated that authorities ought to take discover of the difficulty and resolve it instantly.
