Woman kills husband in Karachi over 'attempt to sexually assault daughter'.

KARACHI -- A woman who killed her husband in Karachi a day before on Friday claimed that he tried to sexually assault his daughter, forcing her to take an extreme step, media reported.

I killed my husband to save my daughters from being subjected to sexual assault, she said in a video statement to media.

She said that the accused, identified as Wali Muhammad, had tried to sexually assault his daughters owing to which one of the girls had left the home. A missing complaint is also registered with the police on January 06.

'Last night, he also tried to commit a similar act with another daughter,' she said while narrating the entire episode that led to the murder adding that he tried to drag one of the girls to a room, to which the woman put up stiff resistance.

The woman said that her husband subjected her to extreme...

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