New Delhi: In a frightening incident, a 21-year-old woman teacher was on Tuesday morning bled to death in broad daylight as her stalker stabbed her as many as 22 times in a busy road in north Delhi's Burari.
Even more horrifying is the fact that the incident took place in front hoards of onlookers, yet no one came ahead to save the woman.
The sheer savagery of the murder during the morning rush hour and caught in CCTV camera drew widespread outrage and horror.
The victim was identified as Karuna Kumar, who worked as a teacher at Novel Riches School. The attacker, 34-year-old Surender Singh, was stalking her for over a year-and-a-half.
Karuna, with her cousin Neha, was on her way to work when Surender attacked her with a pair of scissors near Labour Chowk in Burari around 9 am yesterday.
As Surender caught Karuna off guard and plunged the single blade of scissors in her body, a man rushed to stop him but soon backed off fearing attack on himself. Within two-and-a-half minutes, Surender had stabbed Karuna 22 times, as onlookers kept away.
Karuna was rushed to Sushrut Trauma Centre in Civil Lines where she was declared brought dead.
Surender was beaten up by the locals, who caught him and handed him over to the police.
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