A court in Pakistan has handed down four death sentences to a man charged with raping and murdering a young girl, in a case that shocked the country and sparked major riots in his home district.
The 24-year-old was on trial for the killing of six-year-old Zainab Fatima Ameen in the eastern city of Kasur last month.
He faces further charges in the cases of at least seven other children attacked in the Punjab city, five of whom were murdered.
The man confessed to all eight attacks, including the death of Zainab.
The Prosecutor General of Punjab province, Ihtesham Qadir said the man was also convicted of terrorism charges.
Under Pakistani law, crimes that are considered to have spread terror in society can be charged as acts of terrorism.
Prosecutors said the man received further life imprisonment and fines for additional charges of hiding the victim's body.
Part of the fine is to be given in compensation to Zainab's family.
The trial was held in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat prison for security reasons and only relatives of the victim were allowed inside the court.
The killing sparked calls for the man’s public execution after officials said his DNA had been recovered from the scene of the crime and matched samples from similar cases.
