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Sargodha police on Thursday received a preliminary postmortem report of the seven-year-old girl found murdered earlier this week, which indicated possible rape before her killing.
The girl was found dead in a shop on Monday and four suspects were arrested, with one of them confessing to sexually assaulting and killing her during an interrogation.
Sargodha District Police Officer (DPO) Sohaib Ashraf told Dawn that doctors who performed the postmortem said the preliminary report indicated possible rape. However, he added that doctors were awaiting a final and detailed autopsy report for confirmation.
To a question, DPO Ashraf replied that the report pointed out multiple deep wounds on the girl’s head and neck, as if she had been hit hard with a blunt weapon during the incident.
