Three girls 'slaughter' female seminary teacher in KP over alleged blasphemy: police

• KP police take three girls into custody for murder of female seminary teacher.
• Suspects killed the woman after 13-year-old relative told them she had a dream of victim allegedly committing blasphemy, say police. 
• KP police are further investigating the incident.

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Three girls killed a female seminary teacher after accusing her of blasphemy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Dera Ismail Khan, according to the police.

The News reported, citing police sources, that the suspects said that their 13-year-old relative "had a dream last night" in which the victim, Safoora Bibi, allegedly committed blasphemy. 

The incident took place in the Anjumabad locality within the limits of the Cantonment police station early morning around 7:30am on Tuesday, the publication reported.

In a video being widely circulated on social media, a KP police official said the three women slaughtered the seminary teacher outside the madrassa she worked at. The suspects have been taken into custody, per the KP police official.

According to the The News, the girls attacked the seminary teacher with clubs and sharp tools and slit her throat her at the doorstep of the seminary.

An FIR was registered by the victim's uncle, Zahid. He said that his niece was working as a teacher at Madrasatul Falahul Banaat Islamia.

The police said that suspects were 17, 21, and 24 years old, according to the publication. They killed 21-year-old Safoora Bibi over a "difference of opinion on religious issues" and allegations of blasphemy. 

The police seized the weapons and arrested the suspects. The body of the victim was taken to the District Headquarters Hospital, where it was handed over to the heirs after an autopsy.