Wife is gang-raped at gunpoint before masked attackers douse her in acid in Pakistan

A wife was gang-raped at gunpoint before masked attackers doused her in acid and cut her hair off, police in Pakistan said.

The 32-year-old victim was asleep with her children at their home in the town of Fatehpur in the Punjab when two masked attackers broke in.

They held the mother hostage at gunpoint while raping her and cut her hair off before throwing acid over her back, right arm and legs.

Her husband lives in Karachi and the suspects were able to escape.

She was rushed to the local hospital, according to Dawn where she is in a stable condition.

Investigation Officer ASI Muhammad Saleem said fingerprints had been gathered from the home and they were hunting for suspects.

It is the latest shocking case to rock the country after a young woman was reportedly raped and murdered by hospital staff last month.

Family members were informed she had died of an antibiotic reaction but post-mortem results revealed evidence of sexual assault and murder.

Also in April, a woman who went to report having been gang-raped to the police says she was further raped by an officer.

The assistant sub-inspector was arrested after he is said to have raped her in the police station under the pretence he was going to take a witness statement.