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UK police await trio from Pakistan over young girl's death
UK authorities were on Wednesday awaiting the return of three British-Pakistani relatives of a 10-year-old girl found dead last month, after Pakistan police said they were on a plane back to the country.
Sara Sharif's body was discovered at the family's home near Woking, southeast England, on August 10. A post-mortem examination revealed she had sustained "multiple and extensive injuries" over a sustained period.
British police say Urfan Sharif, 41, his partner Beinash Batool, 29, and his brother Faisal Malik, 28, fled to Pakistan to take refuge with relatives before Sara's body was found, sparking an international manhunt.
A police spokesman in Pakistan, Mudassar Khan, told AFP that "three suspects in the case boarded a flight earlier and are on their way to the UK," adding that they had voluntarily gone with the knowledge of authorities.
"I confirm that they have not been arrested but they left voluntarily," Raja Haq Nawaz, a lawyer for Urfan Sharif's father, told AFP.
He said the three were on an Emirates flight that left from the Punjabi city of Sialkot.
Surrey Police in the UK declined to comment.
Earlier this month, Sharif and Batool appeared in a video distributed to media, in which Batool said they were "willing to cooperate with UK authorities and fight our case in court".
"All of our family members have gone into hiding as everyone is scared for their safety," she said, alleging malpractice by the Pakistan police hunting them.
In the two-and-a-half-minute low-quality video there was little mention of Sara's death, which Batool called an "incident".
- Manhunt -
Surrey Police have said the trio were thought to have flown to Islamabad on August 9, the day before Sara was discovered at the family's home in the village of Horsell, just outside Woking.
An early morning emergency call alerting officers to Sara's death was made from Pakistan by a man identifying himself as the father, detectives said.
The house was otherwise empty, and the manhunt continued with Interpol and Britain's foreign ministry coordinating with authorities in Pakistan.
Five of her siblings, aged between one and 13 and brought to Pakistan with the adults, were discovered at the home of Urfan Sharif's father on Monday.
A magistrate placed the children into state protective services on Tuesday.
Surrey Police say they are working with other local and international authorities to secure the children's safe return.
But it is unclear where they will ultimately be sent or for how long they may be kept in the custody of Pakistan's child protection bureau.
Sara's Polish mother, Olga Sharif, has said she could barely recognise her daughter's small battered body when she identified her at the mortuary last month.
She told Polish television one of her cheeks was swollen and the other side of her face was bruised.
Olga and Urfan separated in 2015, and Sara and her older brother had lived with their mother until a family court determined in 2019 that they should reside with their father, according to UK media.
Sara had been removed from primary school in April to be homeschooled by her stepmother and was known to the local council's social services department, the British reports said.
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L.Durand--AMWN