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Family violence: 14-year-old girl burnt to death in Afghanistan

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8 years ago

July 18, 2016

The police in Afghanistan have confirmed the death of a 14-year-old girl after she was burnt to death following family violence.

“She was a victim of family violence,” said General Mustafa Andarabi, the Police Chief of Ghor province.

It is still not clear whether the girl, named Zahra, was set on fire by her in-laws or if she did it herself as questions were raised when she was taken to a clinic in Kabul, but it was too late.

“She had third-degree burns, down to the muscles and bones,’’ Mohammad Saber Nasib, a physician said.

According to Ghor’s police chief, Zahra’s husband was involved in the incident. “He fled the house. However, we have Zahra’s father in-law and mother in-law in custody,” Andarabi said.

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