A trans woman and her friend were and another trans woman was abducted and gang-raped at gunpoint for hours in Pakistan earlier this month.

A police report has revealed several armed men attempted to abduct the three victims on the way home from a wedding reception.

The three were a music and dance troupe and had just performed in Swabi, a district of Kyber Pakhtunkhwa in Northern Pakistan.

Sajjad Khan, district police chief of Swabi, said the men were waiting for them in a field.

When they tried to abduct them, they stood their ground.

‘The attackers opened fire after the refusal. One [trans woman] and one drummer died on the spot while another was wounded,’ Khan said, according to the AFP and 76 Crimes.

The armed men then abducted the injured trans woman who was released hours later.

‘The victim told police [she] was set free after being gang-raped by four persons.’

Police have arrested six suspects and charged them with murder and gang rape.