Karachi: 15-year-old boy arrested on murder charge

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Karachi: 15-year-old boy arrested on murder charge

KARACHI (Dunya News) - Karachi police arrested a 15-year-old boy on charges of murder.

According to police, Mohammad Shah, a 15-year-old youth involved in the murder of 52-year-old Hashim in Janjal Goth has been arrested.

The accused alleged that Hashim had tried to rape him, and also attacked with a knife. He said that he got injured in the attack but managed to snatch the knife from Hashim and stabbed him.

According to police, the accused stabbed Hashim 17 times to death. The killer and the victim were residents of the same neighborhood and coffee sellers in Sabzi Mandi, both were from Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and knew each other.