Pakistani Muslim Man Allegedly Rapes, Burns Christian Girl to Death

Washington , D.C. (March 12, 2010)–International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Pakistani Muslim man allegedly burned a Christian teenage girl to death in Lahore , Pakistan . Pakistani police have not yet arrested the suspect and his accomplice.

The victim, Kiran George, had been working as a house servant at the family home of suspected killer Muhammed Ahmed Raza. Raza repeatedly raped Kiran over the period of several months. On March 9, when Raza attempted to rape Kiran once again, she threatened to call the police. Raza and his sister then poured gasoline on Kiran and set her on fire. “That little girl was caught in flames from head to toe”, an anonymous neighbor said, “Kiran was shouting for help.”

An eye-witness called Kiran’s family who took her to the Mayo Hospital . Doctors examined her and said that she had sustained severe burns over eighty percent of her body.

After battling with the severe burns, Kiran succumbed and died at Mayo Hospital on March 11.

Her family and the Christian community in the area gathered before Punjab Assembly Hall and protested the heinous crime committed by the Muslim family. The protesters also called upon the police to arrest the suspects.

The Muslim family alleged that Kiran suffered the burns after her clothes caught fire while she was working in their kitchen.

ICC’s Regional Manager for South Asia , Jonathan Racho, said “We are outraged by the continuous abuse that Pakistani Christians are suffering at the hands of Muslims. The failure by the police to arrest the suspects who burned Kiran to death also shows the total lack of justice for Christians in Pakistan . We call upon Pakistan to end its discriminatory laws and practices against its Christian minorities.”