Police Arrests Man For Shooting Newborn Daughter 5 Times

Police Arrests Man For Shooting Newborn Daughter 5 Times
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A Pakistani father who was accused of killing his week-old daughter by shooting her five times because he wanted his firstborn to be a boy has been arrested, Africa Daily News, New York has learnt.

In the country which is deeply patriarchal, a son is often believed to offer better financial security to parents than daughters, even as girls and women face widespread violence.

Newborn Jannat Fatima was killed lasr Sunday in the city of Mianwali, in central Punjab province, sparking a manhunt for her father Shahzeb Khan, who was arrested on Wednesday night following a series of raids, according to Punjab police.

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‘The police were told by the complainants that the killer had been complaining for three or four days that he had wanted a son and he had been very angry,’ Zarrar Khan, spokesman for Mianwali police told AFP.

‘His wife also confirmed that he was angry about having a daughter and wanted a son.’

The incident came almost a month after a pregnant Pakistani woman was brought to a hospital with a nail hammered into her head after a faith healer said it would guarantee she gave birth to a boy.

The mother of three daughters said she was pregnant with another girl.

In a related development, authorities in the US city of Minneapolis, where George Floyd was murdered in 2020 has published shocking body-cam video which showed the police shooting of a 22-year-old African American man on Thursday.

According to information gathered from the police, Amir Locke was shot by officers who were executing a search warrant on the apartment he was in after Locke pulled a gun from beneath a blanket.

The total time between the officers’ entrance and the shots fired was less than ten seconds.

AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK

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