Peshawar Police say they have detained the perpetrators behind the stabbing of three transgenders in the city.
The KP Police announced on Twitter the arrest of a group suspected of attacking three transgender people in Peshawar’s Sarband area.
“No crime will go unpunished in KP :: #Peshawar Police arrested within hours the culprits involved in stabbing #Transgenders in Sarband, Peshawar. The culprits were arrested along with the weapons,” stated the tweet on Thursday.
It went on to read, “@KP_Police1 is committed to protect the rights of Transgenders.”
The three victims identified by media outlets as Guria, Laiba and Asady were attacked on Wednesday.
Last week, a similar incident had taken place in the province’s Nowshera region where a transgender was sexually assaulted by medical staff of a hospital in the area. The police had reacted to the matter arresting the culprits on an urgent notice.
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