Rape victim sets herself on fire

Woman dies from her wounds after setting herself
alight following release of key suspect in Punjab ,
says her brother .
The victim of a gang- rape in Pakistan has died after
setting herself on fire in protest against a police
report that led to the release of a key suspect, a
doctor and her brother said .
College student Amina Bibi died on Friday after
dousing herself with petrol and setting it alight on
Thursday outside a police station near Muzaffargarh ,
in the Punjab.
" She was under our treatment but she succumbed
to her wounds on Friday morning, " Muhammad
Usman , a local doctor, said , according to Reuters
news agency .
The police decision to release the main suspect had
been too much for Bibi to handle , her brother said .
" She was already depressed after going through the
trauma , but after the release of the accused, she
lost all hope of getting justice and set herself on
fire, " Ghulam Shabir said .
Bibi was raped by five men as she walked home
from her college on January 5, he added .
" I was with her when five men kidnapped her
at gunpoint and took her away , " he said . " I couldn 't
do anything because they were armed . "
Police said they would revisit the case following the
death.
" It seems the case had not been properly
investigated, " said senior police office Chaudhry
Asghar . " We have suspended the investigation
officer , Rana Zulfiqar, and placed him in detention . "
Rape and other forms of sexual assault and
domestic violence are widespread in Pakistan , but
such public acts of desperation by abused women
are rare .