The Katsina State Police Command has arrested three suspected serial rapists who allegedly drowned a 13 -year- old girl in a pond after raping her at Dutsen-Dadi village, Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State.
The victim was attacked in the farmland where she was raped in turns before her body was disposed inside a pond.
Katsina State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) SP Gambo Isah, said the suspects were arrested on a tip-off.
According to Isah, who gave the names of the Suspects as, Mubarak Lawan,16, Anas Ibrahim, 15 and Aliyu Mika,15, from Danmusa town, Danmusa LGA conspired, attacked and raped Safiya Basiru, 13, in their farmland and thereafter threw her into a nearby pond, where she got drowned.
” The body was later recovered and taken to Danmusa Hospital where she was confirmed dead. In the course of the investigation, the suspects confessed to the commission of the crime and investigation is ongoing”.
