In Pics: Six-year-old girl raped and murdered in Pakistan; family in distress

The police had confirmed that the child's body bore marks or torture. The post-mortem at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital confirmed that she was raped and tortured. There were marks of cigarette burns as well. / Image: AFP Photo/ Asif Hassan

A six-year-old girl was raped and strangled to death in Pakistan's southern Sindh province, triggering violent protests that led to the death of a person allegedly in police firing. / Image: AFP Photo/ Asif Hassan

Relatives and area residents had placed the body of the deceased girl on Orangi Road in protest but took the body back to their home after it turned violent with demonstrators pelting stones at police and nearby vehicles. /Image: AFP Photo/ Asif Hassan

Relatives of the girl bury her body in Karachi. / Image: AFP Photo/ Asif Hassan

Pakistani relatives carry a coffin to a graveyard during the funeral of the girl. She had gone missing on Sunday, and was found dead in the bushes in Manghopir on Monday night. / Image: AFP Photo/ Asif Hassan

The mother of the girlchild who was raped and murdered, mourns with relatives at her home, in Karachi. / Image: AFP Photo/ Asif Hassan