Story highlights
- Burns consumed 85% percent of Maria Abbasi’s body, her family says
- Three arrested in connection with killing; arrest warrant out for fourth person
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN)An 18-year-old Pakistani schoolteacher died Wednesday from injuries after her body was set on fire for refusing a marriage proposal, police said.
The perpetrators beat Maria Abbasi, then drenched her in petrol and set her body ablaze before leaving her for dead, her family members told CNN.
“Maria was at home baby-sitting her 5-year-old sister while her family went to a funeral in a nearby town,” said Rafaqat Abbasi, her uncle.
“At the funeral her family was alerted that she ‘was on fire.’ Initially the thought was there had been some sort of accident, perhaps a pipe had burst or something.”

These bastards deserve the death penalty
This poor woman deserves so much better
How fortunate I am that was wasn’t born in a country with such low life knuckle dragging men.
They must be the lowest of the low.
I hope human angels help this woman very step of the way.
I hope she avenges the low down shit that they are