- Extent of crime in Madhya Pradesh only uncovered when police found her body
- Not only had she been murdered, but her killer had tried to rape the child as well
- The killer beat her up, strangled her, stabbed her and gouged her eyeballs out
- She was killed when the murder slit her throat with what’s described as a ‘shard’
An 11-year-old girl has been brutally murdered after her attacker failed to rape her in central India.
The extent of the horrific crime in Madhya Pradesh was only uncovered after police officers took the victim’s body to be examined.
A post-mortem discovered the child had been beaten up, strangled, stabbed, had her eyeballs gouged out and her throat slit.
A crowd gathers after police found the murdered 11-year-old. A post-mortem discovered the child had been beaten up, strangled, stabbed, had her eyeballs gouged out and her throat slit
Her distraught family have claimed the murderer only killed their loved one because he failed to rape her, according to the Daily Bhaskar.
It is thought the girl managed to fight off the sexual assault, but died after her killer attacked her with what is described as a ‘shard weapon’.
She was left to die in a field, and when police arrived at the scene of the crime a crowd had gathered.
The details of the murder spread through the local community and the brutality of the crime saw people rush to the field.
Police had to ask the locals to leave while they wrapped the child in blankets in order to cover the gruesome injuries.
She was taken to the Panna district hospital for her post-mortem and investigators are still working on finding the killer.