Indian man held for brutally stabbing girl, 16, in Delhi, India

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Indian man held for brutally stabbing girl, 16, in Delhi, India

Police in the Indian capital, Delhi, have arrested a 20-year-old man for brutally stabbing and murdering a 16-year-old female friend in public.

A BBC report states that footage of the assault shows the man repeatedly stabbing the girl and crushing her head with a huge stone.

The video also shows many people watching the assault and or walking by.

Police have romantically linked the couple and say they had quarrelled hours before the murder on Sunday.

The girl was going to attend the birthday party of a friend’s son when she was attacked.
He identified the accused as Sahil and said he was arrested from near Bulandshahr district in the neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh.

After the footage of the gruesome murder went viral, many took to social media to express anger and outrage.

Hashtags such as Delhi murder and Delhi crime were trending on Twitter along with Shahbad Dairy, the name of the locality where the crime occurred.