The father, stepmother, and uncle of 10-year-old Sara Sharif have been arrested on suspicion of her murder on their return to the UK. Urfan Sharif, his partner Beinash Batool, and brother Faisal Malik travelled to Pakistan a day before police discovered Sara's body in Woking on 10th August. Police in the eastern province of Punjab say the three suspects were handed over to the Pakistani Federal Investigation Agency. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 The father, stepmother and uncle of 10-year-old Sara Sharif have been arrested on suspicion
00:06 of her murder on their return to the UK after a month in Pakistan.
00:11 Irfan Sharif, his partner Benash Batool and brother Faisal Malik travelled to Pakistan
00:17 a day before police discovered Sara's body in Woking on the 10th of August.
00:23 This has been an extremely fast moving, challenging and complex inquiry and we remain absolutely
00:29 committed to conducting a thorough investigation into Sara's death.
00:33 We will not be commenting any further at this point and will provide further update as and
00:39 when we are able to do so.
00:41 A post-mortem found the youngster had suffered multiple and extensive injuries over a sustained
00:47 and extended period of time.
00:50 Police in the eastern province of Punjab say the three suspects were handed over to the
00:54 Pakistani Federal Investigation Agency.
00:57 However, the lawyer says the family returned to the UK willingly.
01:00 They have come back of their own accord to resolve matters.
01:03 They have booked the tickets themselves.
01:04 And long story short, they have arrived and the next step really is just to resolve matters
01:10 using the rule of law and see what happens next.
01:12 Five of Sara's siblings who travelled to Pakistan with Mr Sharif, Ms Batool and Mr Malik last
01:18 month remain in care in the country.
01:21 Surrey Police say they are working to secure their safe return to the UK.
01:25 Meanwhile, the three suspects will face questions in custody as police try to determine exactly
01:32 what happened to Sara.
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