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PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): A prayer leader’s nose and ear were chopped off for an alleged sexual assault on a teenage girl in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Tuesday.
The imam’s nose and ear were cut off by a relative of the girl, police spokesman Javed Basharat told Pajhwok Afghan News. The assailant has been taken into custody.
Basharat added the detainee had confessed to chopping off the prayer leader’s nose and ear.
