Story highlights Burns consumed 85% percent of Maria Abbasi's body, her family says

Three arrested in connection with killing; arrest warrant out for fourth person

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) An 18-year-old Pakistani schoolteacher died Wednesday from injuries after her body was set on fire for refusing a marriage proposal, police said.

The perpetrators beat Maria Abbasi, then drenched her in petrol and set her body ablaze before leaving her for dead, her family members told CNN.

"Maria was at home baby-sitting her 5-year-old sister while her family went to a funeral in a nearby town," said Rafaqat Abbasi, her uncle.

"At the funeral her family was alerted that she 'was on fire.' Initially the thought was there had been some sort of accident, perhaps a pipe had burst or something."

Pakistani relatives stand alongside an ambulance carrying Maria Abbasi, June 1, 2016.

The horror of what had happened set in Monday night when her family returned home to the village of Davel outside Murree in northeastern Pakistan.

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