Mother confesses killing children; demands capital punishment

LAHORE: A woman accused of killing her three children has confessed her crime before police and demanded public execution for herself, ARY News reported on Tuesday.

The woman and her boyfriend were arrested a few days ago from Askari-XI area of Lahore after police recovered bodies of three children from their apartment. The children were identified as nine-year old Zainul Abedin, six-year-old Kaneez Fatima and four-year-old Ibrahim.

“I am a murderer, I want public execution (for myself), these three were innocent, martyrs,” the accused, Aneeqa, told police.

Aneeqa maintained that she had separated from her husband seven year ago and was since living with her boyfriend.

She added that she had a heated argument with her boyfriend and was intoxicated when she killed her children.

Aneeqa claimed that her boyfriend wanted her to hand over her children to her former husband.