Sara Sharif’s members of the family held on suspicion of homicide after touchdown in UK
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hree members of the family of 10-year-old Sara Sharif, who was discovered lifeless in her Surrey residence, have been arrested on suspicion of homicide after arriving on a flight from Dubai.
Urfan Sharif, the daddy of Sara, his associate Beinash Batool and brother Faisal Malik travelled to Islamabad in Pakistan a day earlier than police found her physique in Woking on August 10.
A autopsy examination discovered the teen had suffered “multiple and extensive injuries” over a “sustained and extended” time period.
The three arrived at Gatwick airport at simply after 7.30pm on Wednesday on an Emirates flight from Sialkot, in japanese Punjab province, through Dubai, earlier than police swooped in and took them away for questioning in reference to Sara’s demise.
Surrey Police stated: “Two men, aged 41 years and 28 years, and a woman, aged 29 years, were arrested on suspicion of murder after disembarking a flight from Dubai.
“They are currently in custody and will be interviewed in due course.
“Sara’s mother has been informed of this latest update and is being supported by specialist officers. Our thoughts remain with her and those affected by Sara’s death at this very difficult time.
“This has been an extremely fast-moving, challenging and complex enquiry and we remain absolutely committed to conducting a thorough investigation into Sara’s death.
“We will not be commenting any further at this point and will provide further updates as and when we are able to.”
Sialkot police spokesperson Khan Mudassir stated the three had been handed over to the Pakistani Federal Investigation Agency.
Five of Sara’s siblings, aged between one and 13 years outdated, travelled to the South Asian nation on August 9 with Mr Sharif, Ms Batool and Mr Malik.
Surrey Police stated on Tuesday officers are working to safe the protected return of the kids after a courtroom dominated they might be quickly moved to a authorities childcare facility.
The kids had been taken from the house of Sara’s grandfather Muhammad Sharif in a police raid at his property in Jhelum, Pakistan, on Monday, earlier than later being returned.
Witness accounts from the scene stated officers broke CCTV cameras on the property, stopped visitors and prevented passers-by from filming the incident.
The kids had been carried by members of the family into courtroom for round 40 minutes on Tuesday earlier than being moved to a different courtroom as authorities tried to determine on their subsequent steps, the BBC reported.
Sara’s grandfather Mr Sharif advised the BBC he had been hiding the kids in his residence, however didn’t specify for a way lengthy.
Last week, Sara’s stepmother Ms Batool spoke publicly for the primary time for the reason that woman was discovered lifeless.
In a clip of the footage posted on-line by Sky, Ms Batool described Sara’s demise as “an incident” and stated she and Mr Sharif are prepared to co-operate with UK authorities over the case.
It got here after Sara’s mom Olga Sharif gave an interview to the Polish tv programme Uwaga! through which she spoke of the harrowing expertise of going to view her daughter’s physique.
She stated: “One of her cheeks was swollen and the other side was bruised.
“Even now, when I close my eyes I can see what my baby looked like.”
Ms Sharif separated from her husband in 2015 and Sara and her older brother had been dwelling together with her till 2019, when the household courtroom dominated they need to reside with their father.
Ms Sharif nonetheless had equal rights to see the kids and stated that whereas that was simple to keep up initially, it turned tougher over time.
Sara’s grandfather Muhammad Sharif beforehand advised the BBC the woman’s demise was an “accident”.
Muhammad Sharif stated he noticed Sara’s father quickly after he arrived within the metropolis of Jhelum, within the South Asian nation, and that his son had fled the UK out of “fear”.