Man cuts teenager’s throat after failed sexual assault in Faisalabad
- By Qamar Uz Zaman -
- Sep 19, 2019
FAISALABAD: An unidentified man on Thursday cut throat of a teenage boy after a failed sexual assault in Faisalabad, ARY News reported.
According to the details, the boy was found in a critical condition near Jhal underpass in the city and after being informed, rescue officials shifted the boy to the hospital. Sources said that his condition was out of danger.
Talking to ARY News, the boy, Abdullah said that he was a resident of Islamnagar area of Faisalabad and had went to shrine of Hazrat Baba Noor Shah Wali. He said that a driver took him forcefully to the underpass and attempted sexual assault. The boy said that the man cut his throat with a piece of glass over resistance and fled away from the scene.
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