Peshawar, Sept. 23 -- A 19-year-old Afghan man held after allegedly exhuming and sexually abusing the bodies of girls in a graveyard in Peshawar was killed when unidentified gunmen attacked a police team on Tuesday, September 22, according to media reports.

The suspect, identified as Salman, was arrested on Monday, September 21, after local residents reportedly caught him while he was digging a grave and removing the body of a girl at the Sheikhan cemetery in the Budh Bher area.

The report said Salman was handed over to police after being caught at the cemetery. He was identified as an Afghan national residing in Bara Qadeem.

Videos and posts circulated on social media following the incident contained claims about the alleged sexual ab...