Pictures tell the Horrific Story
- Former Pakistani dancing girl commits suicide 12 years after horrific acid attack which left her looking ‘not human’
- Fakhra Younus said ‘My face is a prison’ after attack which melted her nose
- She had undergone 39 separate surgeries to repair damage
- Leapt to her death from sixth floor Rome building earlier this month
- Her ex-husband was charged with attempted murder in 2002 but has since been acquitted
Life-changing: Fakhra Younus, pictured left before the horrific acid attack in May 2000, was left heavily facially disfigured after having acid thrown in her face
Cleared: Younus’s ex-husband Bilal Khar, the son of a wealthy Pakistani governor, was cleared in 2003 of charges relating to the attack
The mother-of-one moved to Italy after the incident to live in Rome and continue her treatment.
But on March 17 she took her own life, after leaving a message saying she was committing suicide over the silence of law on the atrocities and the insensitivity of Pakistani rulers.
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