KARACHI, Sept 18: A minor girl, who had been missing for two days, was found murdered in Gulistan-i-Jauhar area of the city on Tuesday, police said.

The seven-year-old went missing on Sept 16 while playing outside her home in Mobina Town. Her body was found in the bushes near the Karachi University.

Police shifted the body to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for post-mortem. The girl was assaulted before being murdered, SHO Asif Rauf said.

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