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Father called UK police to confess to killing daughter, 10, in England after he fled to Pakistan

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The father of a 10-year-old girl who was found dead in England called U.K. police after fleeing to Pakistan to admit that he had killed his daughter, prosecutors said Monday.

Urfan Sharif, 42, is on trial at London’s Central Criminal Court on allegations he, his partner Beinash Batool and his brother Faisal Malik murdered Sara Sharif, according to The Associated Press.

Prosecutor William Emlyn Jones said all three defendants played a part in a «campaign of abuse» against Sara in the weeks leading up to her death.

Police found Sara’s body under a blanket in a bunk bed at her home in Woking, which is located southwest of London, on Aug. 10, 2023, with dozens of injuries, including extensive bruising, burns and fractures. The child died of unnatural causes, according to a post-mortem examination.

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This court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook shows Sara Sharif’s father Urfan Sharif, right, and her uncle Faisal Malik appearing via video-link, from Belmarsh prison, at the Old Bailey in London, Dec. 14, 2023 as three members of her family have pleaded not guilty to her murder. (Elizabeth Cook/PA via)

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Jones said law enforcement learned of Sara’s death after her father called U.K. police from Pakistan and said: «I’ve killed my daughter. I legally punished her, and she died.» 

He also told the phone operator he did not intend to kill her, but he had «beat her up too much,» the prosecutor said.

Urfan Sharif, Batool and Malik fled the U.K. for the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Aug. 9.

Police in Pakistan located the three suspects following a search and subsequently sent them to the U.K., where they were arrested upon landing at London’s Gatwick Airport. They were held in prison as they awaited trial.

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A view of HM Coroner’s Court Surrey in Woking, following the death of 10-year-old Sara Sharif who was found dead at a property on Hammond Road in Woking, Surrey, on August 10.  (Getty Images)

Jones said the three suspects had lived in the same house as Sara and that it was «inconceivable» that only one of them was responsible for the girl’s death.

The prosecutor said each of the suspects attempted to blame the others for the killing. Urfan Sharif had claimed that Batool, who is Sara’s stepmother, was responsible for the girl’s death and that he made a false confession to protect her.

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Sharif family lawyer, Attiq Malik, outside Guildford Magistrates’ Court, where Urfan Sharif, the father of Sara Sharif, is among three people to face court on Friday charged with the 10-year-old’s murder. (Getty Images)

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A recording of a phone call made on the evening of Aug. 8, 2023, the day Sara was believed to have been killed, was played for the jury. In the recording, Batool can be heard asking about booking a flight to Islamabad for four adults and four children.

The three suspects deny murdering Sara or causing or allowing the girl’s death.

The trial is expected to continue until December.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Israel informó que un misil lanzado desde Yemen cayó en un parque en Tel Aviv y dañó edificios: al menos 16 heridos

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Al menos 16 personas resultaron heridas por el impacto en Tel Aviv de un misil lanzado por los rebeldes hutíes de Yemen, aliados de Irán, que cayó en un parque público cerca de un complejo residencial, informaron fuentes médicas en la madrugada de este sábado.

Las alertas se activaron en toda la zona central de Israel a las 3:48 (1:48 GMT), cuando un proyectil lanzado desde Yemen, y reivindicado por los rebeldes hutíes, impactó en el área residencial de Jaffa, en el sur de Tel Aviv, causando daños en un parque infantil y en edificios cercanos.


El Ejército israelí, por su parte, confirmó que los intentos de interceptar el misil fracasaron.


«Tras las alertas que se activaron hace poco en el centro del país, se detectó un lanzamiento procedente de Yemen. Se realizaron intentos fallidos de interceptación, detectándose un impacto en la zona», indicó un comunicado emitido por el cuerpo castrense.

«Realizamos búsquedas en los apartamentos, tratamos y evacuamos a 16 personas con heridas leves del lugar, incluida una niña de 3 años, y también atendimos a personas afectadas por ansiedad», dijo Noam Weisbuch, integrante del servicio de emergencia israelí Magen David Adom, en un comunicado.

El equipo de rescate informó que atendió a otras 14 personas que sufrieron heridas menores mientras se dirigían a los refugios antiaéreos. Los lesionados fueron trasladados al Hospital Wolfson en Holon y al Hospital Ichilov en Tel Aviv.

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El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamín Netanyahu, advirtió el jueves a los rebeldes hutíes que «aprenderán por las malas» las consecuencias de atacar su país, tras los bombardeos israelíes contra infraestructuras energéticas y puertos.

Los hutíes de Yemen lanzaron en el último año más de 200 misiles y al menos 170 drones contra Israel, en operaciones que comenzaron tras el inicio, en octubre de 2023, de la actual guerra de Israel en Gaza, desencadenada por el ataque del grupo islamista Hamás en territorio israelí.

Desde el comienzo de la guerra en la Franja de Gaza, hace más de 14 meses, los hutíes -parte del denominado ‘Eje de la Resistencia’ aliado de Irán y en contra de EE.UU. e Israel- lanzaron drones y misiles hacia territorio israelí, en su mayoría interceptados, y contra buques en el Mar Rojo y el Golfo de Adén.

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