LARKANA: Two men have been arrested for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl in Larkana, police said on Monday.

The two men were taken into custody after neighbours handed them over to the police.

According to an official, “The neighbours heard a girl’s cries for help from a nearby store and broke in. They saved the girl and handed over the two men to the police.”

Suspect Shahid Abro and his friend had taken the girl into a store on Sunday night, he added.

Police said they will conduct a medical examination of the seven-year-old and further investigate the incident.

Separately on April 29, a nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped and strangled to death in Larkana’s Ayub Colony.

According to police, seven suspects have been arrested with regards to the incident. However, the main suspect cannot be traced.

Students of Ghulam Bhutto Primary School staged a protest on Monday against the failure of police to arrest the main suspect.