In a horrific incident, some unknown persons after raping an eight-year-old boy in Quaid-e-Abad Marvi Goth in Karachi slayed him by slitting open his throat, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Sunday.

According to details, the child, Shakir Hussain, went to market to buy bread. But the innocent boy did not return home and became prey to some villains outside who slit open his throat and killed him.

Police said that the child was raped first and then the baddies killed him to conceal their crime.

Police have arrested 18 suspects in connection with Shakir’s murder.

The hapless grieving parents of the child appealed to the Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and IG Police to track down the killers of their boy and provide them with justice. 

The father told media that when his child did not return home, the family started looking for him. And they found his inert body in a library.

The post mortem report confirmed that the boy was molested and then the criminals tried to strangle him but on resistance they killed him by slitting open his throat.