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PESHAWAR
Peshawar Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested the culprits behind torturing and stabbing of three transgenders in Sarband area Wednesday night.
The Police announced on Twitter the arrest of a group who allegedly attacked the three transgender people in Peshawar’s Sarband area.
“No crime will go unpunished in KP : #Peshawar Police arrested within hours the culprits involved in stabbing #Transgenders in Sarband, Peshawar. The culprits were arrested along with the weapons,” stated the tweet on Thursday.
It went on to read, “@KP_Police1 is committed to protect the rights of Transgenders.”
The three victims identified by media outlets as Guria, Laiba and Asady were attacked on Wednesday.
A similar incident had taken place last week in Nowshera where a transgender person was sexually assaulted by medical staff of a hospital in the area. The police had reacted to the matter arresting the culprits on an urgent notice.
