The police in Peshawar have arrested an accused in connection with raping and murdering three young girls, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Thursday.

The accused aged between 25 and 30 years is a resident of Peshawar and was arrested by the Gulberg police after his DNA was matched with the samples found on the girls. He also confessed to sexually assaulting the three girls and then murdering them.

On July 3 last, the accused had raped and murdered a 10-year-old girl in Railway Colony. Later, on July 10, he had assaulted and killed another girl in Gulberg and on July 17 he had targeted the third girl in Kali Bari area.

Reporter Amir Shahzad