Pakistan arrests 2 suspects in murder of 4-year-old girl

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Peshawar: Pakistani police have arrested two teenagers, including a close relative, for their involvement in the alleged rape and murder of a four-year-old girl in the country's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, triggering massive protests.

The minor Mardan girl was found dead in a sugarcane field in January. The prime suspect, 15-year-old Muhammad Nabi, worked in a local restaurant and was also a close relative of the deceased.