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In a horrifying incident, a man killed a woman’s husband and her infant baby before raping her and her nine-year-old daughter. The incident took place in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Nov. 25 and the accused was arrested Monday.

The man, identified as 28-year-old Nazirudeen, entered the home and attacked the woman’s husband and her sons – aged five and four months – with a stone before injuring the woman and her daughter with a blunt object. The husband and the baby died on the spot. The accused then raped the woman and her daughter and fled the scene. The woman too died after she was left in a vegetative state for hours.

“The accused raped and sodomised the woman and her daughter at least twice during his three-hour stay at their house. Before the sexual assault, he injured all the family members by hitting them repeatedly with a blunt object. First, he attacked and killed the woman’s husband,” police said.

“Nazirudeen made videos of the entire crime on his mobile phone, which he also showed to a woman of his own family. He told this to the police during interrogation. The crime was executed in the most gruesome manner with no display of mercy or human dignity,” police added.

The accused was taken into custody and faces several charges including murder and rape. Meanwhile, the nine-year-old victim and her brother were undergoing treatment at a hospital.